University of California
Jewish Holidays
Modern Jewish holidays have ancient roots with many connections to today. Using photographs of primary sources, such as fragments of a shofar, as well as texts, such as the Hebrew Tanakh, learners explore how Jewish holidays reflect...
University of California
Contact among Mesopotamia, Egypt, Kush, and Other Societies
Trade has always been a global affair. Explore what global trade meant for ancient Mesopotamians, Egyptians, and Kushites using a collection of documents from the historic societies. By examining literary works such as the Epic of...
Annenberg Foundation
Teaching Geography: Workshop 4—North Africa/Southwest Asia
Can Jerusalem be equitably organized? Can Israel and Palestine be successfully partitioned? Part one of a two-part workshop looks at the geo-political history of Jerusalem while Part two investigates Egypt's dependence of the Nile River...
University of Pennsylvania
Canaan and Ancient Israel
Planning for your next activity on ancient Israel, but not sure where to start? Check out this assortment of activities to help get the ball rolling. It includes a range of ideas on topics, such as Greek and Egyptian mythology,...
The British Museum
British Museum: Explore World Cultures: Israelites
Learn about the art of the ancient Israelites in this historical overview with accompanying image gallery with object descriptions of Israelite art from the British Museum collection.
Yale University
Open Yale Courses: Introduction to the Old Testament
From Yale University 24 lectures 50 minutes in length by Professor Christine Hayes as an introductory course on how the Old Testament or Hebrew Bible reflected religious life in ancient Israel and influenced Western Civilization.
Yale University
Ancient Seals From the Babylonian/cyrus Cylinder
Exhibition of various ancient seals from Babylon including "The Cyrus Cylinder", 6th c. B.C. The images can be enlarged for greater detail.