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Biblical-era Structure Discovered in Jerusalem’s City of David, Used During the First Temple Period
The structure found by Shukron’s team is the only known structure of its type from the biblical period in Jerusalem, and one ...
Amazing new discoveries that will change how you view the ancient world
Amazing ancient discoveries from around the world unearthed in recent years. From Iron Age hoards and rare biblical ...
Ancient treasure, largest of its kind in Israel, found buried in 2,100-year-old kitchen
The University of Haifa recently announced that 160 ancient coins depicting Alexander Jannaeus were found during an ...
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How the Samuels, one of Tamil Nadu’s last Jewish families, keep the flame alive
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 ...
Live Science22d
1,700-year-old oil lamp found in Jerusalem shows a rare Jewish menorah, even though the Romans tried to suppress the religion
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 ...
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Oil lamp unearthed in Jerusalem
(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 ...
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Rare religious cross discovered by child while exploring on school field trip in Jerusalem
While on a class trip to the historic Ein Karem village in Jerusalem, Israel, a 10-year-old discovered an unexpected surprise. Nehorai Nir was picking edible plants with his class and believed he ...
Jewish Press23d
Chanukah Over Syria
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 ...
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Oil Prices Rise at the Start of 2025 as Demand Optimism Prevails
11 minutes Perovskites, a ‘dirt cheap’ alternative to silicon, just got a lot more efficient Tsvetana is a writer for Oilprice.com with over a decade of experience writing for news outlets ...
Los Angeles Daily News24d
Fireworks finale lights up the sky at Calabasas Hanukkah celebration
Once the Jews defeated the Hellenist Syrian forces of Antiochus IV in 165 B.C. at the end of a three-year rebellion, the temple in Jerusalem ... lamp with ritually pure olive oil as part of ...
Christian Today24d
What is Hanukkah?
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, ...
New York Daily News26d
The meaning of Chanukah: Showing the menorah without fear
The festival of Chanukah commemorates the Maccabees’ victory over the Syrian tyrant Antiochus IV, who had conquered Jerusalem and seized ... only a small cruse of oil. According to the Talmud ...