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 suppress the ...

Carved into the rock near Temple Mount, the structure comprises eight rooms, containing an altar, a sacred standing stone, ...

The place of worship, carved into the rock near Temple Mount, is made up of eight rooms with an altar, a sacred standing stone, and presses for olive ... pots, jars with ancient Hebrew ...

The structure contains eight rock-hewn rooms which contained various elements of ritual practice, including a standing stone (matzeva), an olive ... jars bearing fragments of ancient Hebrew ...

According to the Bible, Hezekiah’s reforms aimed to centralise worship at the main temple in Jerusalem and abolish scattered ritual sites across the kingdom.

Remarkably, the sacred standing stone at the site survived his onslaught, as well as presses for olive oil and ... included cooking pots, jars with fragments of ancient Hebrew inscriptions ...

Among the ruins of eight rock-cut chambers, archaeologists found an oil press ... century B.C. — including cooking pots, jars with ancient Hebrew inscriptions, scarabs, loom weights, grinding ...

The structure contains eight rock-hewn rooms which contained various elements of ritual practice, including a standing stone (matzeva), an olive oil press ... including cooking pots, jars bearing ...

Among the discoveries are an altar with a carved channel for draining liquids, a tall upright stone associated with rituals, and tools like a winepress and olive press ... included cooking pots, jars ...

Archaeologists excavated the ruins of an ancient Roman dignitary’s house and found a water collection system, a carving and tax collection jars. Photo from Piotr Jaworski via the University of ...