In the inner life dimension of the Jewish tradition, we find a focus during Chanukah on the metaphor of the oil lamp, not on the Maccabean Rebellion against the Syrian Hellenists. The oil lamp has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 4,000-year-old wick was discovered in its entirety in an Israel Antiquities Authority excavation near Yehud. (photo credit: EMIL ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This oil-wick lamp was made by an ...

Israeli archaeologists discovered rare preserved lamp wicks believed to be some 4,000 years old during excavations for a new neighborhood in Yehud, in central Israel, the Israel Antiquities Authority ...

The wicks, preserved in unusual circumstances, are a remarkable discovery given the moist Mediterranean climate, which typically causes organic materials to decompose. A unique archaeological find in ...