Archaeologists digging beneath a Jerusalem courtyard have uncovered a set of tiny Hellenistic gold rings that date back more than 2,000 years. Researchers believe the rings were deliberately buried beneath the floors of an ancient building as part of...
Archaeologists have uncovered burned wooden beams dating back to the destruction of the First Temple in an excavation in Jerusalem.
The discovery was made at the Givati Parking Lot dig in the City of David, within the national park that...
The first interaction between the Jews and the Persians (the ancient Iranians) was a profoundly important and beneficial one. This initial interaction between the two nations was not a battle. Rather, the Persians freed the Jews from captivity in...
One of the most important events in the history of the ancient Jews was the destruction of Jerusalem at the hands of the Babylonians. As well as being described in the Bible, extra-Biblical sources confirm that this really happened.
However,...
Archaeologists have uncovered a rare ritual bath carved into rock beneath the Western Wall Plaza in Jerusalem, offering new insight into religious life in the city during the final years of the Second Temple period.
The discovery, announced by the...
A massive dam dating back nearly 2,800 years has been uncovered at the Pool of Siloam, offering rare insight into urban planning during the First Temple period in ancient Jerusalem.
The structure, linked to efforts by the kings of Judah...
Herod the Great was a king of Judea at the end of the first century BCE. He is most famous today as the king who persecuted Jesus as an infant, attempting to have him killed. The date of the...
Researchers solved a 150-year-old mystery in the City of David when they found a huge moat that helped protect the Temple Mount and the king's palace in ancient Jerusalem.
This news was announced by the Israel Antiquities Authority and Tel...
