Melted Plaster Preserved the Wooden Beams. Efrat Bocher, the excavation director, explained that the beams were relics from a ...

The dig at the Jerusalem Walls National Park in the City of David found the beams in the remains of a building that had ...

The First Temple, built by the biblical King Solomon, was destroyed in 586 BCE at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar II, the second ...

The excavation site where burnt wooden beams were discovered in the City of David (Credit: Reut Vilf, City of David) ...

Additional archaeological evidence of the arrival of pilgrims for the festivals is the Theodotus Inscription, which was found south of the Temple Mount, in the city of David, on the wall of a ...

JERUSALEM — Glimmering over Jerusalem, the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex’s ancient golden dome exudes a serenity that stands in stark contrast to an earthly tug-of-war over who should worship at the holy sit ...

After 70 CE, the Roman Tenth Legion (Legio X Fretensis) established its permanent camp amid the ruins of Jerusalem. For sixty years, its soldiers, buildings, and symbols dominated the city and the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Jerusalem Regional Archaeologist for the Israel Antiquities Authority, Dr. Amit Re'im, walks in a section of an excavation ...

WHY IT RATES: Pilgrimage Road, a Second Temple-era pathway in Jerusalem, opened to the public for the first time in 2000 years, showcasing archaeological finds and new insights into the area's history ...

In just two days, we will sit on the floor, dim the lights, and enter the quiet grief of Tisha B’Av. We will recite Kinot ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Archaeologists have uncovered the longest continuous remains of ancient Jerusalem’s Hasmonean walls, a rare find ...

Archaeologists have finished uncovering the longest continuous remains of an ancient wall that encircled Jerusalem, including possible evidence of a 2,100-year-old ceasefire between warring kingdoms.