A sprawling city today, Jerusalem was nothing but a fortified ridge in the desert when David seized it 3,000 years ago. New excavations are revealing its successive stages of development ...

JERUSALEM (RNS) — Archaeologists from Tel Aviv University and the Israel Antiquities Authority have discovered a remnant of a massive ancient moat in Jerusalem that fortified the city during the ...

Myths, of the Da Vinci Code variety, abound that vessels from the ancient Jerusalem Temples are squirreled away somewhere in the Vatican’s bowels. Of course, if the Vatican actually had the ...