by admin | May 7, 2018 | Browse All, Ceramics, Inscriptions, Masada, Popular, Pottery
The emperor Nero sent three legions—the Fifth, Tenth, and Fifteenth—under the command of General Vespasian to Judea in the spring of 67 CE. By the end of that year, Vespasian has reduced the Galilee and the Golan. He returned the following spring and campaigned in...
by admin | May 8, 2018 | Browse All, Ceramics, Pottery
The oil lamp presented here by Biblical Reproductions is an example of one of the most common household items of the Biblical world. Every household had lamps. The oil came from the fruit of the olive tree, of course, and olive is the most famous tree of Israel. It...
by admin | May 8, 2018 | Browse All, Ceramics, Pottery
The oil lamp served the simple function of providing light indoors and at night. Oil lamps were, therefore, a basic implement in the life of the ancient world; the word “lamp”, in one form or another, appears nearly fifty times in the Hebrew Old Testament. The burning...
