(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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