A little knowledge of history can save you from an embarrassing mistake

A relief under Rome's Arch of Titus, built in the first century, shows a menorah being taken away from the Temple in Jerusalem.

DEA/Archivio J. Lange/De Agostini/Getty Images taken from NPR

 Someone with the Catholic news service made an embarrassing mistake when 

they tweeted a Happy Hanukkah greeting which included a relief from 

the Arch of Titus celebrating the destruction of Jerusalem during the Jewish 

Wars of 66-74 A.D. The Sculpture appears on the Arch of Titus erected by 

the emperor Domitian about 81 A.D. The Arch depicts all the plunder

taken from Jerusalem including a menorah which the Catholic News Service 

depicted in their tweet. It didn't take long for quick observers to notice the 

mistake and for the news service to apologize & delete the tweet.

 

Read about the story on NPR here.
Read More about the Arch here.

Arch of Titus in Rome
from Ancient History Encyclopedia