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Monday, November 10th, 2008 |
The world’s first papal exhibit outside of the Vatican will open to the public on Tuesday, November 25. A private Ceremony of Blessing offered by Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of the Galveston-Houston Archdiocese will be held on November 23 at 6:30 p.m. Roberto Consorsi, one of the Pope’s personal tailors, will attend the grand opening ceremony in addition to leaders of all faiths and city officials.
The 5,000 square foot exhibit, “Celebrating the Lives and Deaths of a Pope,” commemorates the rituals by which popes have been elected and buried over the last 2,000 years. A product of three years of intense collaboration between the Vatican and the National Museum of Funeral History, the exhibit features three-dimensional scenes, premium sound and lighting, audio and visual multi-media presentations as well as written details in both English and Spanish.
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Thursday, September 11th, 2008 |
The Harry Oppenheimer Israel Diamond Museum, located within the Israeli Diamond Industry complex, will open an exhibition of rare and ancient jewelry excavated in archeological sites throughout Israel on September 12, 2008. The exhibition reveals gold jewelry that has never before been seen, much of which dates from Biblical times and even earlier. The jewels, some of which are set with precious stones, enable a rare glimpse into the lifestyle and culture of the ancient Israelites, and attest to the Land of Israel’s unique position as a cultural and commercial crossroad of the ancient world. All of the items have been lent to the Diamond Museum courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority.
The exhibition also reveals a great deal about the creation of ancient jewelry - the methods, the craftsmen, the influences of other ancient civilizations and the role jewelry played in the religion and culture of the times. Over 100 pieces from the huge collections of the Israel Antiquities Authority and the Hecht Museum were individually chosen by curator Yehuda Kassif to shed light on this subject.
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Monday, August 18th, 2008 |
A 2,600 year old clay seal impression, or bulla, bearing the name Gedaliah ben Pashur has recently been uncovered completely intact during archeological excavations in Jerusalem ’s ancient City of David , located just below the walls of the Old City near the Dung Gate. The name appears in the Book of Jeremiah (38:1) together with that of Yehuchal ben Shelemayahu, whose name was found on an identical clay bulla in the same area in 2005. The two men were ministers in the court of King Zedekiah, the last king to rule in Jerusalem before the destruction of the First Temple .
According to Dr. Eilat Mazar of the Hebrew University who is leading the dig, this is the first time in the annals of Israeli archeology that two clay bullae with two Biblical names that appear in the same verse in the Bible have been unearthed in the same location.
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On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel, the Israel Museum presents two major sections of the Great Isaiah Scroll – the most complete biblical Dead Sea Scroll document ever found and one of the world’s greatest archeological treasures – in a special installation in the Shrine of the Book.