Rethinking Jewish art
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Tree of Paradise: Jewish Mosaics from the Roman Empire a new traveling exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum of Art that attempts to throw light on the marvels and discovery within the history of Judaism in the Roman world is discussed. The exhibition is the iconography of the Naro mosaic represents Jewish visions of 'creation' and 'paradise'.
Publication Name: Archaeology
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0003-8113
Year: 2006
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Treasures from Saba
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The exhibition 'The Queen of Sheba: Legend and Reality' at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, California through 13 March 2005 focuses the material culture of Saba, a powe+rful economic player in the trade routes from India to the Mediterranean from about 800 B.C. to A.D. 200.
Publication Name: Archaeology
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0003-8113
Year: 2005
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