The hieroglyphic script that developed in Egypt some 5,000 years ago comprised hundreds of pictures. Over time, the pictures were replaced by a writing system consisting of approximately twenty signs: the alphabetic script that reigns in Western culture to this day. Picturewriting appeared to have been abandoned forever, but in the digital 21st century, the picture – namely, the emoji – has returned in full force. This exhibition presents the metamorphosis of picture-writing from antiquity to modern times through a wealth of finds from ancient Egypt, displayed against the background of contemporary emoji use. Films and multimedia stations reveal how in the Cyber Age, as in the Age of the Pyramids, pictures can provide a complex, sophisticated system of visual communication. The objects on view from the Israel Museum collection, many on display for the first time, are complemented by loans from a private collection in London.
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The Israel Museum in Jerusalem
The Israel Museum is the largest cultural institution in the State of Israel and is ranked among the world’s leading art and archaeology museums. Founded in 1965, the Museum houses encyclopedic collections, including works dating from prehistory to the present day, in its Archaeology, Fine Arts, and Jewish Art and Life Wings, and features the most extensive holdings of biblical and Holy Land archaeology in the world. In just forty-five years, thanks to a legacy of gifts and generous support from its circle of patrons worldwide, the Museum has built a far-ranging collection of nearly 500,000 objects, representing the full scope of world material culture.
Museum of the Jewish People Virtual Tour
Through a remarkable combination of images, exhibits, models and a unique database of genealogy, communities, family names, music, films and photographs, the museum tells the extraordinary and ongoing story of the Jewish People throughout the ages and around the world.
The Museum of the Jewish people also accommodates special cultural events; new modern galleries for temporary exhibitions; a computerized study area offering the visitors a new digitized data base a new museum gift shop and a restaurant with a magnificent deck-balcony overlooking the Tel Aviv University campus.
Ghetto Fighters’ House Museum
The archive of the Ghetto Fighters House was founded in the first days of the kibbutz, with the establishment of the museum. Kibbutz members began collecting certificates, photographs and documents to document the days of the Holocaust and the communities that were destroyed. In their eyes, the work of collecting and sorting was the realization of the will of the perished, their families and friends of the movement, and a direct continuation of the documentation activity that took place in the ghettos.
Amazing Israel Virtual Tours
Our tours are a 360° experience of Israel at your fingertips. Our tour guides will show you Israel best visiting sites and cities via Zoom while sharing their virtual tour using Google Earth, Street & Aerial Views and their own maps, timelines and other visual accessories to make this online experience fun, interactive and educational.
Our guides are experienced in guiding all around Israel and they would love to take you through Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, the Galilee, Nazareth the Dead Sea, national parks and more.
Jerusalem Video Tours
Jerusalem videos are HD videos all filmed and created by the Jerusalem.com team. As part of our mission to bring Jerusalem to the world, we invest a lot in our Jerusalem videos to convey the sights and atmosphere of Jerusalem through advanced photographic technology. Our Jerusalem Videos are the most comprehensive and up to date videos of Jerusalem and offer an unparalleled peek inside the holy city of Jerusalem both in quality and in quantity.
The Jerusalem Videos include the Jerusalem Video Tours which are led by professional local guides on site as well as short 1 minute videos of specific sites and themes in Jerusalem. All our Jerusalem Videos are professionally narrated and are geared to stimulate and inform which make the Jerusalem Videos a fun and modern way to learn and enjoy Jerusalem in the age of videos and streaming.
Jerusalem Videos is meant to bring Jerusalem to those who cannot come themselves, to those who have been here and want to reminisce, to those who intend to come and to those who are just curious or interested. All Jerusalem Videos are free and viewers can see any station within the Jerusalem Video Tours.
The Jerusalem Experience
JerusalemExperience.com is a video site focusing on the experience of touring Jerusalem and the surrounding area. Our goal is to offer people from all over the world – who do not have the time or the money to fly all the way to Jerusalem – the opportunity to feel the excitement of touring Old Jerusalem and its holy sites as if they were actually there.
Jerusalem Virtual Tour
Each year, during Passover and Easter thousands of worshipers flock to Jerusalem’s holiest sites. Unfortunately, corona made it so that it won’t be possible so we’re bringing these breathtaking and spiritual sites to you in a special virtual tour.
Virtual Capernaum
After 7 years of living in the US, we returned to tour our country of origin, Israel. Since we have started reading the Bible our interest in this precious country had increased tremendously, so we have decided to embark on a special journey to visit all the wonderful and biblical places that it has to offer and share them with you.
Tours of Tel Aviv-Jaffa
Tel Aviv, Israel’s largest metropolitan area, serves as a hub for innovation, culture and creativity. “Tel Aviv Nonstop City” is more than just a slogan. With the city’s beautiful beaches, diverse cultural scene, top-notch cuisine, and vibrant nightlife, there’s always something to see and do here. The city serves as a meeting point between old and new, reflecting tradition and history while embracing innovation, pluralism and diversity. Here you can be whoever you want to be – whether you’re a party-goer, culture enthusiast, or just like to chill – Tel Aviv has a place for you.
Sarona market and neighborhood is a Templar colony established in 1871 that has come to life over the past decade. Learn about the exciting story that was hidden for many years behind the fences of the Kirya, the neighboring military base!
