Images & Art

Five Books of Moses

Bible Images: Five Books of Moses. The Creation (engraving) The Judgement of Adam and Eve (engraving) The Deluge (engraving) Noah's Sacrifice (engraving) Melchizedek Blessing Abraham (engraving) Parting of Lot and Abraham (engraving) Abraham's Sacrifice: Jehovah Jirah (engraving) The Departure of Rebekah (engraving) Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Drea...

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Illustrations Concerning the Temple & Tabernacle

Bible Images: Illustrations Concerning the Temple. [Blueletter Bible Maps and Images]...

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Kings and Chronicles

Bible Images: Kings and Chronicles. [Blueletter Bible Maps and Images]...

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Striding Lion

Iraq: Babylon, Processional Avenue north of the Ishtar Gate Neo-Babylonian Period; Reign of Nebuchadnezzar II, ca. 604-562 B.C. Molded brick with polychrome glaze; Purchased in Berlin, 1931. "This colorful striding lion, its mouth opened in a threatening roar, once decorated a side of the 'Processional Way' in ancient Babylon (the Biblical city of ...

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Female Figurine from Ur

Iraq: Tell Asmar, Trench D; Ur III/Isin-Larsa Period, ca. 2100-1800 B.C. Baked clay. Excavated by the Oriental Institute, 1935-6. "Figurines like this one have been found in the excavated remains of Mesopotamian houses, temples, and other public buildings of the early second millennium B.C. They have no definite divine attributes and their exact fu...

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Ephesus - A Panoramic Virtual Tour

Extensive arrangement of text and images focusing on ancient Ephesus. HISTORICAL SITES IN TURKEY [Images] [Archaeology]...

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Marcus Aurelius Statue

Roman Emperor (161-180 CE) Roman marble Pergamon Museum, Berlin Reconstructed at and on loan to J. Paul Getty Museum Los Angeles, California photo ©K. C. Hanson 2002. This exhibition features the conservation of a statue of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, who ruled the Roman Empire from A.D. 161 to 180. The statue belongs to the Pergamon Muse...

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Assyrian Officers

From K. C. Hanson's Photo Gallery of Mesopotamia. Assyrian Officers; 8th century BC; bas relief; Pergamon Museum, Berlin....

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Holyland Model of Ancient Jerusalem

The scale of the Holyland Model is 1:50 (2 cm. = 1m., 1/4 in. = 1 ft.). The model was produced using the same materials that were used in the times of the original construction, such as marble, stone, wood, copper and iron. The model was completed in 1969. The sources used in planning the model were the Mishna, the Tosephtha, the Talmud, the writin...

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