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Objects discovered during the excavation include oil lamps decorated with the menorah (seven-branched lampstand) and the ...

very similar to a much earlier Roman oil lamp. The hook on the side of the lamp was used to put it onto a jacket, hat or piece of wood underground. It would not have provided much light to miners ...

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 ...