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Archaeologists Unearth 1700-Year-Old Oil Lamp Decorated With Rare Jewish Artwork, Sheds Light on Roman Rule
“Oil lamps with menorah decorations are exceedingly ... It was to be presented to the public for the first time during Hanukkah, along with several stone molds that were used to manufacture ...
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Oil Lamp
This terracotta lamp decorated with two fishes and a horse would have been used by the ancient Romans for artificial light; it would have been fuelled by olive oil and could easily be carried from ...
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1,700-year-old oil lamp found in Jerusalem shows a rare Jewish menorah, even though the Romans tried to suppress the religion
By the time this oil lamp was crafted in the third century ... IAA research archaeologist Benyamin Storchan said the depictions had first been carved into the upper and lower halves of a limestone ...
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Trump to return ancient oil lamps to Israel
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Donald Trump says he will return a set of ancient oil lamps to the Israel ... The State Department needed to first vet the set of six lamps, Fox said, and they were not ...