It was the first time that archaeologists successfully restored a part of the Temple complex built by King Herod more than 2,000 years ago. (JTA) — Archaeologists working in Jerusalem have ...

Demonstrators rallied in Jerusalem for a second day Thursday, spurred on by an imminent cabinet meeting to discuss the dismissal of Shin Bet director Ronen Bar, the government’s efforts to renew ...

A team of Hebrew University archaeologists excavated the site of the Hyrcania Fortress, a Second Temple-era structure in the Judean Desert, southeast of Jerusalem ... in the late 2nd or early ...

but fewer people know that under it are the remains of ancient Jerusalem.” In the first half of the 2nd century CE — a few decades after the Romans destroyed the Jewish Temple, killing ...

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Temple Mount is one of the holiest sites in Jerusalem for both Jews and Muslims. Historians have associated it with Mount Moriah (where the binding of Isaac took place) and Mount Zion (where the ...

The compound, revered by Jews as the Temple Mount, and the surrounding area of Jerusalem’s Old City have been the site of clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police in the past. The Old ...