A new report warns that unchecked Palestinian Arab building in Judea creates a physical threat to Israel’s capital—and a ...

The fast of Tevet 10, in remembrance of the siege of Jerusalem, is also the "general kaddish day." Watch the Rebbe read the ...

Scientists have managed to study the impact of a fire that happened more than 2,500 years ago a study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science reveals. Israeli archaeologists assessed the ...

Military camps used by the Assyrian king Sennacherib, whose exploits of laying siege to Lachish and Jerusalem are detailed in the Hebrew Bible, have finally been identified, a scholar says. At the ...

There's rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we're once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one science ...

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A rare ritual bath found in Jerusalem offers new insight into purity practices during the Second Temple period.

Archaeologists may have discovered evidence of a dire famine that gripped Jerusalem during a Roman siege nearly 2,000 years ago. Cooking pots and a ceramic lamp were found in an ancient cistern near ...

In 638 CE, upon conquering Jerusalem, Caliph Omar granted Byzantine residents a covenant of peace and protection that controversially included a provision barring Jews from the city. This exclusion ...

This ancient city is the center of the the world's major religions. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It is the subject of ...