The PEACE Project (Jewish funerary culture)

EPIGRAPHY AND MATERIAL CULTURE: PEACE – Portal of Epigraphy, Archaeology, Conservation and Education on Jewish Funerary Culture.

PEACE Project

What is PEACE?

PEACE stands for Portal of Epigraphy, Archaeology, Conservation and Education on Jewish Funerary Culture.

When studying the history of a people one may learn a myriad of details from the ways in which they chose to remember—and consequently immortalize—their dead. These details, best summarized by the term “funerary culture”, are found at the heart of this project. The PEACE portal explores Jewish funerary culture through the ages. In this initial phase, it focuses on epigraphical aspects: the inscriptions recorded on stone, plaster, or gold-glass. The other aspects, namely archaeology, conservation, and education, will be added to the portal in the coming years.

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