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Israeli officials recently announced the discovery of an unusual oil lamp dating to the fourth century, just in time for Hanukkah. In a Facebook post published Thursday, the Israel Antiquities ...

Sign up for Forwarding the News, our essential morning briefing with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis, curated by Senior Writer Benyamin Cohen. A rare oil lamp ...

A total of 48 ancient oil lamps dating back to the Roman era were unearthed during ongoing excavations in southeastern Turkey. The 1,700-year-old oil lamps were found in Zerzevan Castle, located in ...

Ancient oil lamp haul found near Beit Shemesh digs up solution to modern mystery Site of workshop from 1,600-1,700 years ago, in 1 of the 10 principal cities under Hasmonean rule, was discovered and ...

A 600-year-old porcelain lamp unearthed in 2021 in Shanxi province has turned the spotlight on the technical skills and ...

Dec. 14 (UPI) --An ancient ceramic oil-lamp workshop, one of the largest of its kind, has been unearthed in Beit Shemesh, a city located west of Jerusalem in Israel. Several Islamic-era artifacts from ...

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One of the largest ancient oil-lamp workshops in Israel has been recently uncovered by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) in excavations in Beit Shemesh. Hundreds of ceramic oil lamps from around ...

For a time, the lamps were also stored at the house of Saul Fox, the prominent Jewish Trump donor who gave Trump the lamps. WASHINGTON (JTA) — Donald Trump says he will return a set of ancient oil ...

Classified documents may not be the only prized items to have been placed in storage at Donald Trump’s home and private membership club in Palm Beach, Fla. Ancient ceramic oil lamps belonging to the ...

The oil-lamp workshop was actually first discovered in 1934 by archaeologist Dimitri Baramki, an inspector with the Department of Antiquities during the British Mandate. An ancient ceramic oil-lamp ...