Old Oil Lamp Decorated With Rare Jewish Artwork, Sheds Light on Roman Rule Archaeologists discovered a 1,700-year-old oil lamp in Jerusalem covered in rare Jewish artwork, including a unique menorah.

A rare, 4th-century CE ceramic oil lamp recently discovered during Israeli Antiquities Authorities excavations near the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem will be displayed to the public for the first ...

"The menorah, incense shovel and lulav are symbols ... Chernin added that the oil lamp was "particularly surprising" because very little is known about Jews who lived in Jerusalem in the fourth ...

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 ...

IAA archaeologist Benjamin Storchan said the lamp was “the ‘Beit Nattif’ type, named after a production workshop identified in the 1930s near Bet Shemesh.” “Oil lamps with menorah ...

Archaeologists have unearthed an incredible ceramic oil lamp from the Late Roman period. Although this isn’t a genie-containing situation, it is decorated with depictions of the Temple menorah ...

According to the Talmud, Chanukah celebrates the miracle of that oil lasting ... the Chanukah menorah is nuanced: “Our rabbis taught: it is incumbent to place the Chanukah lamp by the door ...

Jews observe Hanukkah by lighting a menorah lamp every night for eight nights, representing the miracle of a one-day supply of oil for the rededicated Temple in Jerusalem lasting eight days.

Free public menorah lightings are scheduled for ... Maccabee and his soldiers wanted to light the temple's ceremonial lamp with ritually pure olive oil as part of their rededication but found ...

According to Jewish tradition, Hanukkah commemorates the miracle of oil that burned ... reach the large menorah and light the candles, which were each protected by a hurricane lamp.