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May 5, 2021. The Roman-era oil lamp recently unearthed in Jerusalem may be the missing half of a similar artifact found in Budapest nine years ago, the City of David Foundation announced on Sunday.
The British Museum has added a Roman-era oil lamp depicting a scene of lesbian sex and other LGBTQ+ cultural objects to its permanent exhibition. The museum, which is currently closed due the ...
A 1,700-year-old oil lamp dating to the Late Roman Empire was found during a dig near the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority.
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 ...
Rare oil lamp with Temple menorah found from time when Romans barred Jews from Jerusalem Intricately designed 1,700-year-old artifact was discovered intact near the Mount of Olives, will go on ...
Italian researchers have discovered the pottery center where the oil lamps that lighted the ancient Roman Empire were made. Evidence of the pottery workshops emerged in Modena, in central-northern ...
An ancient Roman ceramic workshop was first discovered in 1934 and lost in the 1940s. Experts have rediscovered it after finding a trove of pagan figurines and oil lamps some 1,600 years old.
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 ...
Unprecedented 4th century site recently uncovered by archaeologists in central Israel offers insights into the life of the ...