Sample Sources
The sources below are those contained in our three curated collections—covering themes of Passover, Gender Roles, and Holocaust Resistance. They represent a fraction of the thousands of sources that will be available when the full site launches in 2024.
Mosaic of Alexander the Great
This mosaic depicting Alexander’s victory over the Persian king Darius III at the battle of Issus in 333 BCE was discovered in the 1830s in the House of the Faun in Pompeii. This house is thought to…
Sica Dagger
These short swords were used by the Sicarii, who, according to Josephus, would pull them from their cloaks at public gatherings to attack Romans and alleged Roman sympathizers.
Qumran (Aerial View)
The site of Qumran was occupied from ca. 100 BCE to 68 CE by members of a Jewish sect, who deposited the texts known as the Dead Sea Scrolls in caves surrounding the site. The caves, located in steep…
Samaritan Sacred Precinct atop Mount Gerizim
The Samaritans, who trace their ancestry to the northern tribes of Israel, lived alongside the Jewish community of Judea in the Second Temple period. The Samaritans’ holy book, known as the Samaritan…
Sophia Inscription, Crete
This Greek inscription, from a synagogue in Crete, refers to a woman named Sophia as elder and head of the synagogue.
Shelamzion Divorce Agreement
Divorce contract of Shelamzion daughter of Joseph and Eleazar son of Hananiah, 135 CE. Photo: unknown, courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority.…
Material Culture of a Typical Ancient Israelite House
Material culture of a typical rural fourth-century CE household in northern Israel. Daderot, “Israelite house mockup, Iron Age, 1200–586 BC, Harvard Semitic Museum—Cambridge, MA…
