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A priest in a black hooded cloak with a long white beard
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Father Samuel Aghoyan is an Armenian Orthodox priest who works with other Christian denominations to schedule access to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
September 16, 2016
Man standing in front of stacks of textiles
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Bilal Abu Khalaf is a textile merchant in the Old City.
September 16, 2016
A man standing in the bell tower of a church in Jerusalem
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Dr. Theodossios Mitropoulos works as an architect for the Greek Patriarchate, overseeing the repair and maintenance of church properties in Jerusalem.
September 16, 2016
A man being interviewed on the streets of Jerusalem
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Hagai Netzer works as a project manager repairing and improving the urban fabric of the Old City.
September 16, 2016
A row of workers holding up a long scroll along a gallery wall.
Associate Conservator Rebecca Capua details the second phase of deinstalling and reinstalling the Book of the Dead for the newly renovated Ptolemaic art galleries.
Rebecca Capua
July 28, 2016
Papyrus detail showing large seated figure.
Associate Curator Janice Kamrin details one of the highlights of the newly renovated Ptolemaic display, Imhotep's Book of Coming Forth by Day.
Janice Kamrin
July 12, 2016
White limestone bust with a serpent-adorned headdress.
Curator Marsha Hill introduces the newly installed galleries for Egyptian Ptolemaic art and discusses the work behind evoking two vantage points in the display.
Marsha Hill
June 30, 2016
Cecily Brown on medieval sculptures of the Madonna and Child
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Artist Cecily Brown reflects on medieval sculptures of the Madonna and Child in this episode of The Artist Project.
June 6, 2016
Jacob El Hanani on the "Mishneh Torah," by Master of the Barbo Missal
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Artist Jacob El Hanani reflects on the Mishneh Torah by Master of the Barbo Missal in this episode of The Artist Project.
June 6, 2016
A figure in a crowd poses beside a gold-embossed wall, sword in hand.
Curator Tim Husband reveals the origins and structure of two tarot decks featured in the exhibition The World in Play: Luxury Cards, 1430–1540.
Tim Husband
April 8, 2016