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April 4, 2019       Share:    

Source: https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Archaeologists-discover-earliest-appearances-of-a-menorah-in-art-585729

Archeologists Unearth Second Temple Era Beersheba Town

(Jerusalem Post) Yvette J. Deane - The Israel Antiquities Authority and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have discovered archeological evidence of a Jewish town in Beersheba from the Second Temple period, the Authority announced on Thursday. During the excavation, archeologists found a fragment of a candle which was decorated with a picture of a 9-branched candelabra, the earliest known appearance of a menorah in art.

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