Traditional sources and scholars have long hypothesized the location of this sacred chest. But tracing its whereabouts is ...
From the arrowheads used by a Greek army to menorahs, the city offers antiquities enthusiasts many opportunities to celebrate ...
The long road to the Jewish Diaspora did not begin with Titus in 70 CE or Hadrian in 135 CE. It began a century earlier, when a bitterly divided Jewish leadership invited a foreign superpower to step ...
This section of wall, dating back to the Hasmonean dynasty, is nearly 50 meters long and about 5 meters wide. It is believed ...
A fortification in the heart of the capital was likely built shortly after the Hanukkah story took place. Now experts are ...
In the early fourth century A.D., Rome was notorious for persecuting Christians. Yet the night before battle, Constantine ...
Israel’s Heritage Minister, Rabbi Amichai Eliyahu, called the discovery: “tangible and moving evidence of Jerusalem’s might ...
Israel’s Heritage Minister, Rabbi Amichai Eliyahu, called the discovery: “tangible and moving evidence of Jerusalem’s might and stature during the Hasmonean period.” ...
Seasonal celebrations returned last weekend to the West Bank town of Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ, when the coloured lights on the ...
The head of an Israeli-backed militia group in Gaza that fought Hamas has been killed in the territory’s south, Israeli media ...
Archaeologists finished excavating the most complete part ever discovered of the foundations of the walls, which surrounded ...
Archaeologists in Jerusalem recently discovered a massive Hanukkah-era wall from an ancient power struggle between Hasmonean ...