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Photograph of stone tomb on top of tiered platform.

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Tomb of Cyrus

530 BCE

Photograph of room with inner doorways.

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St. Etienne Burial Caves

Iron Age II, 9th–7th Century BCE

Stone piece with carving of small hand with fingers pointing downward and Hebrew inscription.

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Hamsa-like Hand in Khirbet el-Kom (Makkedah) Tomb

Iron Age II, 8th Century BCE

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Shevet musar (Rod of Correction): On Contemplating Death

Elijah ha-Kohen ha-Itmari

1712

Print of four scenes in quadrants with German headings on each: top left is sick man in bed, top right is sick man in bed surrounded by people with candles and books, bottom left is sick man lying on the floor, and bottom right is procession through city walls.

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Sefer ha-ḥayim (The Book of Life)

Simon Frankfurt

1703

Print engraving of people on boat docking at a graveyard and lifting out a tomb.

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Jewish Funeral in Ouderkerk

Romeyn de Hooghe

1675–ca. 1695