3D Biblical Artifacts, Sanctuaries & Archaeological Models
Explore 34 interactive 3D reconstructions and museum-grade photogrammetry scans spanning the Wilderness Tabernacle, royal inscriptions, ancient temples, and biblical archaeology.
Wilderness Sanctuary
7 ModelsArk of the Covenant
Sacred gold-covered acacia chest described in the Book of Exodus (Exodus 25:10–22), topped by the Mercy Seat with two cherubim facing one another.
Wilderness Tabernacle (Mishkan)
The portable sanctuary constructed by the Israelites at Mount Sinai according to instructions given to Moses, housing the Outer Courtyard, the Holy Place, the Veil, and the Holy of Holies.
Golden Lampstand (Menorah)
Seven-branched lampstand hammered from a single talent of pure gold with almond-blossom cups, capitals, and flowers, placed on the south side of the Holy Place to give continual light.
Table of Showbread
Gold-overlaid acacia table placed on the north side of the Holy Place, holding the twelve loaves of the Bread of the Presence (Showbread) in two rows of six before the Lord every Sabbath.
Golden Altar of Incense
Four-horned acacia altar overlaid with pure gold, positioned in the Holy Place directly before the Veil of the Ark of the Covenant for the burning of fragrant incense morning and evening.
Bronze Altar of Burnt Offering
Large hollow acacia-wood altar overlaid with bronze (brass) standing in the Tabernacle courtyard near the eastern gate, equipped with four horns and a bronze grating for sacrificial offerings.
Bronze Laver
Polished bronze basin and stand placed between the Bronze Altar and the Tent of Meeting, holding water for Aaron and his sons to wash their hands and feet before ministering.
Royal Inscriptions & Stelae
10 ModelsSiege of Lachish Relief
Assyrian carved gypsum wall relief from King Sennacherib's South-West Palace at Nineveh depicting the 701 BC siege of the fortified Judean city of Lachish during the reign of King Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:14; Isaiah 36:1–2).
Tel Dan Stele (House of David Inscription)
Broken 9th-century BC basalt stele discovered at Tel Dan in 1993–1994 containing an Old Aramaic victory inscription of King Hazael of Aram-Damascus that explicitly references the 'House of David' (bytdwd) alongside Kings Jehoram of Israel and Ahaziah of Judah.
The Cyrus Cylinder
Ancient barrel-shaped baked clay cylinder inscribed in Babylonian cuneiform on behalf of King Cyrus the Great after his conquest of Babylon in 539 BC, recording his policy of restoring exiled peoples and sacred temple vessels to their homelands—paralleling the decree in Ezra 1:1–4 and 2 Chronicles 36:22–23.
Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III
Four-sided black limestone monument erected at Nimrud (biblical Calah) in 825 BC by King Shalmaneser III of Assyria. Its second register preserves the earliest surviving visual depiction of a biblical figure: King Jehu of Israel ('Jehu, son of Omri') bowing to present tribute in 841 BC.
Sennacherib's Prism (Taylor Prism)
Six-sided baked clay prism discovered at Nineveh inscribed with the annals of Assyrian King Sennacherib's 701 BC campaign against Judah, famously declaring that he shut up 'Hezekiah the Judahite within Jerusalem, his royal city, like a bird in a cage'—without claiming to capture the city (2 Kings 19:32–36).
Ketef Hinnom Silver Scroll
Tiny rolled silver amulet excavated by Gabriel Barkay in 1979 in a late First Temple burial cave overlooking the Hinnom Valley in Jerusalem. Etched in Paleo-Hebrew script, it preserves the oldest known surviving text from the Hebrew Bible: the Aaronic Priestly Blessing of Numbers 6:24–26.
Dead Sea Scrolls & Qumran Storage Jars
Second Temple period biblical manuscripts written on parchment and papyrus and sealed inside cylindrical terracotta storage jars in the eleven caves above Khirbet Qumran on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea—including the complete Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsaᵃ).
The Flood Tablet (Gilgamesh Tablet XI)
Cuneiform clay tablet excavated at Nineveh from the Royal Library of Ashurbanipal and deciphered by George Smith in 1872. Recording the Mesopotamian flood narrative (releasing a dove, swallow, and raven as the ark comes to rest on a mountain), it provides a remarkable ancient Near Eastern comparative witness alongside Genesis 6–9.
Ur III Sumerian Cuneiform Tablet
Mesopotamian clay administrative tablet from the Third Dynasty of Ur (c. 2100–2000 BC) recording offerings of barley-fed sheep and goats, illustrating the scribal culture and urban economy of southern Mesopotamia around the patriarchal era of Ur of the Chaldeans (Genesis 11:28–31).
Ancient Hebrew Tomb Inscription (Kidron Valley)
Monumental Hebrew inscription carved into the limestone cliffside tombs along the eastern slope of the Kidron Valley opposite the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, echoing Isaiah's oracle concerning royal stewards hewing rock-cut sepulchres on high (Isaiah 22:15–16).
Temples & Biblical Architecture
7 ModelsThe Temple of Solomon (First Temple)
Architectural reconstruction of the First Temple built by King Solomon on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem (1 Kings 6–7), featuring the Ulam (Entrance Porch) flanked by the twin bronze pillars Jachin and Boaz, the Hekhal (Holy Place), the Debir (Holy of Holies), three-story side chambers, and the courtyard Molten Sea and Bronze Altar.
First Temple Period Jerusalem Scale Model
Topographical scale model of royal Jerusalem during the First Temple period (Iron Age II) from the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem, illustrating the City of David spur, the Ophel, the Kidron and Tyropoeon valleys, and Solomon's Temple complex crowning Mount Moriah.
Second Temple of Jerusalem (Herod's Temple)
Reconstruction of the expanded Second Temple Mount complex in Jerusalem during the life and ministry of Jesus and the early Church—featuring the towering white-stone and gold Sanctuary facade, the Court of the Women, Court of the Gentiles, Solomon's Portico, the Royal Stoa, and the Antonia Fortress.
Noah's Ark
Scale 3D reconstruction of Noah's Ark built to the exact 6:1 length-to-beam ratio specified in Genesis 6:14–16 (300 × 50 × 30 cubits), featuring three internal decks, a side door, and an elevated roof skylight (tzohar) finished one cubit from the top.
Ishtar Gate of Babylon
Monumental double gate on the northern wall of inner Babylon constructed by King Nebuchadnezzar II around 575 BC during the era of Daniel and the Judean exile, clad in brilliant cobalt-blue glazed bricks embossed with alternating rows of golden lions, bulls (aurochs), and dragons (mušḫuššu).
Ancient Babylon Scale Model (600 BC)
Architectural scale model of Neo-Babylonian Babylon around 600 BC from the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem, showing the Euphrates River dividing the walled city, the Processional Way, the Ishtar Gate, Nebuchadnezzar's Southern Palace, and the Etemenanki ziggurat precinct.
Ziggurat of Ur
Three-tiered stepped mudbrick and baked-brick ziggurat erected by King Ur-Nammu at Ur in southern Mesopotamia, featuring three converging monumental staircases ascending toward a summit shrine—illustrating the monumental Mesopotamian temple-tower architecture behind Genesis 11.
Biblical Archaeology & Artifacts
6 ModelsLion Panel from Nebuchadnezzar II's Throne Room
Molded polychrome glazed brick relief panel of a striding roaring lion from the facade of King Nebuchadnezzar II's Throne Room and Processional Way in Babylon—symbolizing royal Babylonian power as echoed in Jeremiah 50:17 and Daniel 7:4.
Royal Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal
Masterpiece of Neo-Assyrian sculpted gypsum wall relief from the North Palace of King Ashurbanipal (biblical Asenappar, Ezra 4:10) at Nineveh, vividly illustrating the royal lion imagery invoked by the prophet Nahum against Nineveh ('Where is the dwelling of the lions?', Nahum 2:11–13).
Persian Lamassu (Gate of All Nations)
Colossal carved limestone winged human-headed bull (Lamassu) guarding the Gate of All Nations built by King Xerxes I (biblical Ahasuerus of the Book of Esther and Ezra 4:6) at Persepolis, exemplifying the imperial Achaemenid court architecture of Esther, Ezra, and Nehemiah.
Widow's Mite (Alexander Jannaeus Prutah)
Small bronze Hasmonean prutah/lepton minted in Jerusalem under King Alexander Jannaeus that remained the smallest denomination bronze coin in daily circulation during the first century AD—universalized in the Gospels as the 'widow's mite' cast into the Temple treasury (Mark 12:42; Luke 21:2).
Silver Half-Shekel (Temple Tax Coin)
High-purity silver half-shekel (didrachm) used for the annual Sanctuary tax prescribed in Exodus 30:13–15 for every adult Israelite and referenced in Matthew 17:24–27 when Jesus and Peter paid the two-person Temple tax at Capernaum.
Canaanite Storage Jar (Amphora)
Large ovoid terracotta storage amphora (pithos/kad) with twin vertical loop handles excavated in Canaan and housed at the Israel Museum, used throughout the patriarchal, Conquest, and Judges periods to store grain, olive oil, wine, and water.
Archaeological Sites & Terrain
4 ModelsTel Lachish Archaeological Site
3D archaeological site model from the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East documenting the fortified Judean city of Lachish (Tel Lachish)—the second most important city in the Kingdom of Judah after Jerusalem, besieged by Sennacherib in 701 BC and by Nebuchadnezzar II in 586 BC (Jeremiah 34:7).
Khirbet Qumran & Dead Sea Caves
3D photogrammetry reconstruction of the Khirbet Qumran settlement plateau overlooking the Dead Sea in the Judean Wilderness, featuring the watchtower, scriptorium, communal dining hall, aqueduct-fed ritual immersion pools (miqva'ot), and adjacent marl scroll caves.
Masada Fortress & Dead Sea Plateau
3D terrain and architectural model of the isolated rhomboid rock plateau of Masada (Hebrew Metzada, 'the stronghold') rising 400 meters above the Dead Sea south of En-Gedi—associated with David's wilderness stronghold (1 Samuel 22:4–5; 24:22) and later fortified with casemate walls, storehouses, and a hanging northern palace by Herod the Great.
Rock-Cut Burial Cave (Kidron Valley, Jerusalem)
Photogrammetry scan of a rock-hewn Jerusalem burial cave in the Kidron Valley carved directly into the natural limestone bedrock with a low rectangular entrance and interior burial benches—illustrating the architecture of Judean rock-cut family tombs from Isaiah 22:16 to the Gospel accounts of the burial and resurrection of Jesus (Matthew 27:60; John 19:41).