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, ...

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 ...

But archaeologists have noted that the menorah of Titus has a base that looks curiously Roman. Its hexagonal base is laden with images of Roman mythological creatures, namely: a dragon ...

Archaeologists working at Ostia Antica, an ancient Roman port city, have discovered the oldest Jewish ritual bath outside of the Middle East, along with an oil lamp decorated with a menorah dated ...

Under Roman Imperial rule, the menorah, likened to a multi-branch candelabra, became a powerful and representative emblem of Judaism. The seven-branched golden menorah, silver trumpets ...

Marty Kapell cradles a now-blackened bronze bowl. Romans filled the bowl with oil and lit the wicks inside to celebrate Hanukkah — about 1,700 years ago. Forget gummy bear Christmas tree ...

Synagogues were classified as colleges to get around Roman laws banning secret societies and the temples were allowed to collect the yearly tax paid by all Jewish men for temple maintenance.