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Printed engraving of cemetery enclosed by wall with several people walking through.

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Cemetery of the Fürth Jewish Community

1705

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Tombstone Inscriptions (Prague)

16th and 17th Centuries

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A Night in the Old Marketplace

1908

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The Jewish District of Warsaw

1925

Photograph of headstones in cemetery.

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Oldest Jewish Cemetery in America

1798

Print of multi-leveled platform with couples standing on each tier, with Hebrew text and many gravestones and figures beneath the platform, and two trees above the platform with scenes of many figures inside.

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Book of Prayers for the Gravediggers Society

1740

Tombstone of decorative foliage surrounding Hebrew inscription.

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Tombstone (Padua)

1565

Tombstone of decorative foliage surrounding Hebrew inscription.

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Tombstone Inscriptions (Padua)

1554–1705

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How Things Were Done in Odessa

1923

Square inscribed with Aramaic writing.

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Uzziah’s Reinterment Inscription

Roman Period, 1st Century BCE or CE

Rectangular chamber in ground with steps and several doorways.

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Double Burial Chamber in St. Étienne Cemetery

Iron Age II, 9th–7th Century BCE

Print of two scenes, both with French text below: the top showing men in large room walking in circle with books, the bottom showing men shoveling dirt onto grave.

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Funeral Activities

1723–1743