2,000-Year-Old Hasmonean Oil Lamp Discovered in Jerusalem on Eve of Hanukkah


city of david jerusalem worthy news(Worthy News) – Archaeologists made an exciting discovery in Jerusalem on the eve of Hanukkah: a 2,000-year-old oil lamp from the Hasmonean period.

The millenia-old oil lamp was discovered in an excavation of an entire house currently taking place in the eastern section of the City of David National Park, near the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem.

There is a hole in the center of the lamp in which the oil is poured. At the end of the lamp is another, smaller hole into which the wick was inserted. [ Source: Jewish Press (Read More…) ]

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