Archaeologists in Jerusalem have discovered a 1,700-year-old oil lamp decorated with rare Jewish artwork, including a unique ...
Old Oil Lamp Decorated With Rare Jewish Artwork, Sheds Light on Roman Rule Archaeologists discovered a 1,700-year-old oil ...
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 ...
"The exquisite artistic workmanship of the lamp, which was found complete, makes it outstanding and extremely rare." ...
(403) So the Romans being now become masters of the wars ... came that eighth day of the month Gorpieus [Elul] upon Jerusalem; (408) a city that had been liable to so many miseries during the ...
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Israeli archaeologists uncovered a Byzantine-era monastery with a colorful mosaic floor and an unusually sophisticated ...
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 lamp was found near the Mount of Olives near Jerusalem. During the Late Roman Empire, Christianity became the favored religion, and Roman polytheism was largely abandoned. There were still a ...