Hanukkah menorah. Manufactured by La Maison Desny, Paris, ca. 1930. Silver-plate and brass. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, collection [703×527] by oldspice75
December 16, 2025A coin issued in 68-69CE during the Great Jewish Revolt. Hebrew inscription on the right says: “Holy Jerusalem”, on the left: “Shekel Israel, Year 3” [526×1079]
December 16, 2025Flint mace-head, found beneath the eastern chamber of the passage tomb at Knowth in the Boyne Valley, Ireland, c. 3300-2800 BC [1200×1200]
December 16, 2025During underwater excavations at a 17th-century Ottoman shipwreck off the coast of Datça district in MuÄŸla, 36 rifles, more than 50 hand grenades (humbara), thousands of bullets, swords and daggers, along with Chinese porcelains, a seal, a chess set, pipes were discovered. [2200×1280]
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