Object Record Timeline

Last updated: September 27, 2026

Object Record · Full timeline, 1208 BCE to 2026

Object Record Timeline

This is Jewish history told through 207 real objects and documents, from 1208 BCE to 2026, in the order they happened.

Every entry is something that survived. Click one to read what it proves, and nothing beyond that.

Acontemporary object or document   Baccount within a lifetime   Ctradition written later   Xcontested by specialists   photograph of the object included

How to use this
The spine
Objects run in date order, top to bottom, grouped into eight eras.
The letter
It grades the evidence. A is a contemporary object, X is contested by specialists.
The photo mark
The small frame by a title means the entry shows a photograph of the object.
Open a row
Click it to read what it is, what happened, who acted, and its source.
More detail
The blue button opens the fuller catalog entry, with the photo.
Filters
The dropdowns narrow the list. The i on each says what it covers.
Jump to era
Scrolls to the first object of that era.

Same evidence standard throughout: no scripture-only events, no unsourced numbers. Photographs and the fuller catalog notes appear for the 30-object edition. Photographs load from Wikimedia Commons; each credit line names the file and, where the picture is a stand-in for the object, says so. Progress is saved in this browser only.   References