Thursday, December 3, 2009
'MAN AND HIS WORK PAVILION, Eretz Israel Museum-Tel Aviv.
Follow the official link http://www.eretzmuseum.org.il/main/site/index.php3?page=72 for more details.
A few collections from the 'Man and His Work Pavilion', Eretz Israel Museum-Tel Aviv.
1P: See 2P.
2P: Hour Glass Mill with a Menorah (4th-5th Century AD). Excavated from Tsur Natan, Israel.
BARON EDMOND BENJAMIN JAMES de ROTHSCHILD (1845–1934). Said to have spent over $ 50,000,000 for the establishment of modern Israel.
His visionary efforts led to the the legal purchase of nearly 125,000 acres of land and establishment of almost 30 Jewish settlements, before the modern state of Israel was established in 1948. For his philanthropy and pioneering efforts he is known in Israel as "HaNadiv HaYadu'a" ("The Famous Benefactor") and "the Father of Yishuv" (Jewish Community in Palestine before 1948). No wonder why you find coins, currencies, stamps, avenues, streets, boulevards, centers and even malls dedicated to his memory in Israel. Baron de Rothschild died in Paris in 1934 and was buried there. However, shortly after the establishment of Israel, his remains and those of his wife were brought to Ramat HaNadiv Memorial Gardens near the town of Zikhron Ya'akov in Israel in 1954.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
The Beautiful 'Bird Mosaic' (6th Century AD) from Beit Guvrin. Eretz Israel Museum-Tel Aviv. Believed to be part of a Christian Prayer Hall.
2P: The garden encircling the bird mosaic is known as 'Yael Garden' of Eretz Israel Museum.
The Bird Mosaic Contd., Eretz Israel Museum-Tel Aviv.
4P: The Greek inscription in the border indicates that the mosaic was laid in honor of Jesus by the disciples of Obodianus, “the blameless and kind-hearted priest" who was most likely the bishop of Beit Guvrin.
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