A 1,600-year-old Roman oil lamp discovered while hiking in the Arava, in an undated photo. (Yoli Schwartz/IAA) The Scorpions Ascent route (Dr. Davida Degen-Eisenberg/IAA) ...

A rare ceramic oil lamp from the late Roman period that bears images of items used in the Second Temple has been discovered in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Thursday.

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 ...

This decorated Roman lamp from a cremation was also found at the site. - Museum of London Archaeology Michael Marshall, a MOLA finds specialist, told CNN that “Roman wooden furniture only ...

Three Roman lamps found on the site of the cemetery of Djemal, south of Sousse in Tunisia in North Africa with a written account of their discovery in the 1890s. They were brought to the ...

1995. A Lamp Mould from Sepphoris and the Location of Workshops for Lamp and Common Pottery Manufacture in Northern Palestine. In J.H. Humphry ed. The Roman and Byzantine Near East 1: Some Recent ...

Alongside skeletal remains, the archaeologists also dug up personal objects in the Roman site, such as beads, a glass vial and a decorated lamp. Marshall said the discovery of such artifacts in ...