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Burial Society glass Prague, Bohemia, Czech Republic 1713	Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch, 1606-1669 St. Peter in Prison (The Apostle Peter Kneeling) 1631	Micha Ullman, Israeli, born 1939 Day, Havdalah, Midnight 1993	Itzhak Danziger, Israeli, born Germany, 1916-1977 Nimrod 1939
René Magritte The Castle of the Pyrenees (La Château des Pyrenees) 1959	Elijah's Chair Jerusalem, Israel 1916-1925	Figurine from Berekhat Ram Berekhat Ram, Golan Heights Lower Paleolithic 233,000 BP	Mask Nahal Hemar cave Pre-Pottery Neolithic B, 7th millennium BCE
Figurine of a pregnant woman - (the "Beersheba Venus") Beersheba, Israel Chalcolithic period, 4500-3500 BCE	Statuette of a calf and model shrine Tel Ashkelon, Israel Middle Canaanite period, first half of 2nd millennium BCE	Anthropoid sarcophagi Cemetery at Deir el-Balah Late Canaanite period, 14th-13th century BCE	Ashdoda figurine Ashdod, Israel Israelite period, 12th century BCE
Model shrine Vicinity of Mt Nebo, Jordan Israelite period, 9th-8th century BCE	Cult stand with musicians Ashdod, Israel Israelite period, late 11th-early 10th century BCE	The Priestly Benediction on a silver amulet Jerusalem: Ketef Hinnom, Israel Israelite period, late 7th century BCE	Statue of Hadrian Tell Shalem, Beth Shean Valley Roman period, 2nd century CE
Gold-Glass Base Roman Catacomb (?), Rome, Italy 4th century CE	Synagogue interior from Horb am Main Germany 1735	Mark Wallinger, British, born 1959 Ecce Homo 1999	Nicolas Poussin, French, also active Rome, 1594-1665 The Destruction and Sack of the Temple of Jerusalem 1625-1626
Marcel Duchamp L.H.O.O.Q. 1919/1964	Paul Klee Angelus Novus 1920	Pierre le Rouge, French, 15th century after Lucas Brandis de Schass, German, 15th century Map of the Holy Land 1488	James Turrell, American, born 1943 Space That Sees 1992
Burial mask Lambayeque (Sican), Peru 900-1100 CE	Interior of the Kadavumbagam Synagogue Cochin, Kerala State, India 1539-1544 16th-18th century	Torah ark curtain (parokhet) Kriegshaber, Bavaria, Germany 1723-1724	Sukkah Fishach, South Germany Second half of the 19th century
Jewish bride from Yemen San'a, North Yemen, Yemen Early 20th century	Great dress (berberisca) Tetouan, Morocco 19th century	*Necklace (ogadéro)* Izmir, Turkey Late 19th century	Menorah, incense altar, and shewbread table Jewish Quarter excavations, Jerusalem, Israel Herodian period, 1st century BCE
Head and torso of a crucified Christ Lebanon region 12th-13th centuries	The Regensburg Pentateuch Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany Ca. 1300 CE	Christian Boltanski, French, born 1944 Altar to the Chajes High School (Autel Chases) 1987	Dalia Amotz, Israeli, 1938-1994 Untitled 1980
Ngil mask Fang, Gabon, Central Africa Late 19th century-early 20th century	Manuel Alvarez Bravo First Solitude (Primera Soledad) 1956	Venus (Aphrodite) Beth Shean, Israel Roman period, 2nd century CE	Box Mangbetu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa Late 19th century-early 20th century
Spirit Spouse figure (blolo bla) Baule, Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa Late 19th century-early 20th century	Reliquary figure (boho na bwete) Mahongwe, Gabon, Central Africa Late 19th century-early 20th century	Memorial Head Bura, Niger, West Africa ca. 500 CE	female figure (lu me) Dan, Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa Late 19th century-early 20th century
Doll (akua'ba) Asante (Ashanti), Ghana, West Africa Late 19th century-early 20th century	Figure for a shrine to Shango Yoruba, Nigeria, West Africa Late 19th century-early 20th century	Female reliquary guardian figure (byeri) Fang, Gabon, Central Africa Late 19th century-early 20th century	Female mask (okuyi or mukudj) Lumbo Punu, Gabon, Central Africa Early-mid 20th century
Beaker (for palm wine drinking) Kuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa Late 19th century-early 20th century	Standing female figure bearing a cup (Lupingu ma luimpe) Lwalwa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa Late 19th century-early 20th century	Female figure Makonde, Tanzania \| Mozambique, East Africa Late 19th century-early 20th century	Gold-glass base Rome 4th century CE
Torah crown and finials Aden, Southern Yemen Second half of the 19th century