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Rare 1,600-year-old mosaic from Christian monastery unveiled after centuries of obscurity
A stunning Byzantine-era artwork from a Christian monastery in Israel was recently presented to the public for the first time ...
Archaeologists Searched a Farmer’s Field—and Found a 600-Year-Old Depiction of a Martyred Saint
A 600-year-old brass seal found in a farmer’s field features an image of St. Catherine of Alexandria. The depiction is chock ...
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Archaeologists left ‘breathless’ after first intact Roman pot found in Ireland
An intact Roman pot was unearthed at an archaeological site in Dublin, serving as evidence that the power and impact of the ...
Roman Emperor Caligula's coffee table
When stains had to be cleaned from a mosaic that once decorated a lavish pleasure vessel from the first century, they were not remnants from the debauched revelries that the murderous and sex-crazed ...
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Bishop Paprocki: Image of Trump as pope 'deeply offensive to Catholics'
Church leaders, like Springfield Roman Catholic Bishop Paprocki, say the image 'mocks God.' Springfield's Roman Catholic bishop said President Donald Trump should apologize for an AI-generated ...
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Trump posts AI image of himself as pope, leaving Catholics offended and unamused as conclave nears
US President Donald Trump posted an AI image of himself as the pope, prompting accusations of poor taste in the Roman Catholic community just days before the conclave to elect Pope Francis’s ...
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Sun City synagogue copes in wake of vandalism of menorah, Holocaust memorial
a menorah light was broken and a surveillance video camera was taken. Smith said the camera had been replaced before the vandalism, but the images had not yet been reviewed because of technical ...
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Discovery of ritual bath sheds light on Jewish life in ancient Rome
“No Roman mikva’ot (the Hebrew plural of mikveh ... There was also a lamp decorated with the image of a menorah and palm branch, and an intact glass goblet. Both objects date to between ...
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Jewish ritual bath discovered near Rome is the 'oldest discovery of its kind in the world'
Archaeologists working at Ostia Antica, an ancient Roman port city ... One of the lamps was decorated with the image of a menorah on the top, and on the bottom, it had a depiction of a lulav ...
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A Semi-Subterranean Jewish Ritual Bath Found in the Ancient Roman Port of Ostia Antica
The discovery opens new avenues of study on the social and religious structure of Roman Ostia. The mikveh is located in ... during the excavation are oil lamps decorated with the image of a menorah ...
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1,700-year-old oil lamp found in Jerusalem shows a rare Jewish menorah, even though the Romans tried to suppress the religion
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 ...
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How Jewish is Roman Jewish History? What’s New in 2025 with Micaela Pavoncello
Forged with the image of a fully-grown palm tree ... as plunder of war by Roman Imperial troops. Under Roman Imperial rule, the menorah, likened to a multi-branch candelabra, became a powerful ...