Ancient 'Mount of Olives' lamp with Jewish Temple symbols discovered in Jerusalem

[Michie]

A rare 1,700-year-old lamp with Jewish Temple symbols has been uncovered in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced on Thursday.

Excavation Director Michael Chernin explained the importance of the ancient artifact he referred to as the Mount of Olives lamp.

"After the Roman Emperor Hadrian suppressed the Bar Kockba rebellion in 135 C.E., Jews were expelled from the city. The Mount of Olives lamp is one of the few material traces of a Jewish presence around Jerusalem in the third to fifth centuries C.E.," Chernin said.

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Ancient 'Mount of Olives' lamp with Jewish Temple symbols discovered in Jerusalem

A rare 1,700-year-old lamp with Jewish Temple symbols has been uncovered in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Thursday

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[RileyG]

Wow! That’s pretty awesome!

 

[stevevw]

We are digging up more and more evidence of the Jews around Jerusalem and Isreal as a whole. I watched a short video on how they have been digging up ruins associated with the time of King David's city and Solomons temple.

They have found ring insignatures used as seal stamps from two officials mentioned in the bible in what they think may be an early Jewish administration building from the first temple period.

 

[Paulus59]

A rare 1,700-year-old lamp with Jewish Temple symbols has been uncovered in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced on Thursday.

Excavation Director Michael Chernin explained the importance of the ancient artifact he referred to as the Mount of Olives lamp.

"After the Roman Emperor Hadrian suppressed the Bar Kockba rebellion in 135 C.E., Jews were expelled from the city. The Mount of Olives lamp is one of the few material traces of a Jewish presence around Jerusalem in the third to fifth centuries C.E.," Chernin said.

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Ancient 'Mount of Olives' lamp with Jewish Temple symbols discovered in Jerusalem

A rare 1,700-year-old lamp with Jewish Temple symbols has been uncovered in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Thursday

www.christianpost.com

That would look good on my mantelpiece.