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Database of NT images

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  1. Roman emperors, dictators, and generals – Pompey | Julius Caesar | Crassus | Marc Antony | Agrippa (Marcus Vipsanius A., not King A.) | Lucius Flavius Silva | Augustus | Tiberius | Gaius (Caligula) | Claudius | Nero | Galba | Otho | Vitellius | Vespasian | Titus | Domitian | Nerva | Trajan | Hadrian | Marcus Aurelius | Constantine
  2. Money
    1. Greek – talent (about 57 pounds of silver, or 600 minae) | mina (= 100 drachma) | dekadrachma (= 10 drachma) | tetradrachma (= 4 drachma) | drachma (= 6 obols) | Obol (on U.S. penny)
    2. Roman – aureus (=25 silver denarii) | denarius (silver, = 1/25 aureus) | sestertius (bronze, 1/4 denarius) | lepton (bronze, = 1/2 sestertius) | assarion (copper, = 1/2 lepton) | quadrans (bronze, = 1/4 assarion)
    3. Jewish money – Tyrian shekel (silver, = 4 denarii) | Half-shekel (silver, = 2 denarii) | denarius (silver, = 1/2 shekel) | prutah (bronze, = 1/4 denarius) | Source A for values and Source B
  3. Boats and ships – Roman grain ship (Acts 27) | Roman trireme galley | Greek trireme (diagram of rowers) | Fishing boat (Sea of Galilee) | Actual ancient fishing boat discovered on shore of the Sea of Galilee
  4. Temple of Herod (“Second Temple”) – Best image | Comparison with Solomon’s temple | Comparison with modern Dome of the Rock | Comparison with Dome of Rock (front view) | Diagram of Herod’s Temple | temple plan | Diagram of temple courts | Herod’s expansion | The hills of Jerusalem | Elevations of Herod’s expansion | Elevation of holy of holies (to accommodate height of bare rock of Mt. Moriah) | Cisterns, pools, and chambers below the Temple Mount’s surface | Quarrying techniques
  5. Scenes from life of Christ – Bethlehem | Church of the Nativity – entrance | Church of the Nativity – interior | Nazareth | Church of the Anunciation | Capernaum | Sea of Galilee | Mount of Transfiguration | Jacob’s Well | Caesarea Philippi (site of Peter’s confession) | Temple courts | Gethsemane | Gabbatha | Via Dolorosa | Golgotha | Garden tomb | Church of the Holy Sepulchre
  6. Scenes from life of Paul – Saint Paul’s Well in Tarsus | Damascus (“Straight Street”) | Arabia, Kingdom of Aratus (Kerak) | Antioch of Syria | Paphos | Attalia | Antioch of Pisidia | Perga | Troas | Philippi | Thessalonica | Areopagus of Athens | Corinth | Ephesus | Caesarea Maritima | Herod’s Palace (in Jerusalem) | Fair Havens, Crete | Sain Paul’s Bay in Malta | Syracuse | Puteoli | Appian Way | Rome (Forum)