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 ...

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 ...

JERUSALEM, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- A new Israeli research has identified a rare wick that was used for oil lamps, dated 1,500 years ago, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) reported on Monday. The ...