Chernin added that the oil lamp was "particularly surprising" because very little is known about Jews who lived in Jerusalem in the fourth century. "After the Roman emperor Hadrian suppressed the ...

Archaeologists in Jerusalem have discovered a 1,700-year-old oil lamp decorated with rare Jewish artwork, including a unique menorah — a surprise given that the Roman Empire had tried to ...

The pearls are a type of ‘speleothem’ – mineral deposits that are formed in caves by moving water. They’re often found in shallow pools of water, and a study recently published in Archaeometry ...

Amazing ancient discoveries from around the world unearthed in recent years. From Iron Age hoards and rare biblical ...

He ordered the Torah defiled with the blood of pigs and commanded “that the lamp ... not only liberated Jerusalem, but relit the menorah with the last remaining pure oil that, despite being ...

(JNS) - A 1,700-year-old ceramic oil lamp, decorated with depictions of the Temple of Jerusalem's menorah, has been uncovered in the city, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Thursday. The ...

Earlier in December, an unusual oil lamp with 1,700-year-old soot marks was found near the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. Israeli officials also announced that a 12-year-old Israeli girl discovered ...

The story goes that in 164 BCE, after reclaiming the Second Temple in Jerusalem from the Seleucid Empire, the Maccabees found there was only a small flask of pure olive oil with which they could ...

This menorah is symbolic of the seven-branched oil lamp, which was in the Temple in Jerusalem (Exodus 25:31-40). The original Temple menorah was lit daily by a priest from fresh consecrated olive oil, ...