The Western Wall is the holiest site where Jews are permitted to pray. It is the last remaining structure from the Second ...

My quest for the ark of the covenant was abruptly disrupted at 35,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean. Three hours into our ...

A newly exposed stretch of fortification in Jerusalem has given archaeologists a rare, almost cinematic glimpse of how an ...

A new discovery in the City of David National Park has provided rare material evidence of the presence of Greeks in ancient Jerusalem. During archaeological excavations operated by the Israel ...

(RNS) — A new find near the Temple Mount suggests that the ‘City of David’ was more likely a suburb of ancient Jerusalem. (RNS) — As tourism to Jerusalem rebounded from the pandemic last year, more ...

Researchers in Israel found that, despite living in luxury, the residents of a now-ancient glam villa in Jerusalem suffered from intestinal parasites. Ya'akov Billig, The Israel Antiquities Authority; ...

In 2019, construction workers were digging up a site at the Armon Hanatziv Promenade in Jerusalem, and found the remains of an ancient structure they believe to be a palace or luxury villa.

Archaeologists in Jerusalem have uncovered the remains of a long-lost Byzantine church and the foundations of a 2,000-year-old Jewish ritual bath not far from an area believed to have been the site of ...

The Iron Age users of two ancient toilets in Jerusalem were not a healthy bunch, according to an analysis of poop samples from the 2,500-year-old latrines. Researchers found traces of ...

A rare coin from an ancient Jewish revolt against the Roman Empire has been discovered in Jerusalem. The Bar Kokhba revolt, which lasted about five years, took place around 132 C.E. (Common Era) or ...

There are texts written with ink — and there are texts that seem carved in light, like those ancient signs which, our sages teach, the Holy One engraved in white fire upon black fire. Tehillim — the ...