Doug Boin, Lulav, Ethrog, Menorah, and Shofar on the Corbel of the Ostia Synagogue, 2016
Close-Up of a corbel from the remaining structure of the Ostia synagogue, with a clearly discernible menorah
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Wikimedia Commons, Hagia Eirene, Constantinople
Commissioned in 360 by Constantine, the Hagia Eirene could be said to physically represent the Christian side of his policy of toleration alongsideā¦
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