Barkay G. and Dvira Y.S. 2012. The Temple Mount Sifting Project: Third Preliminary Report. In E. Meiron ed. City of David, Studies of Ancient Jerusalem 13. Jerusalem. Pp. 74–76 (Hebrew). Barkay G. and ...

A rare 1,700-year-old lamp with Jewish Temple ... Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced on Thursday. Excavation Director Michael Chernin explained the importance of the ...

Archaeologists believe they’ve fully excavated eight rooms carved from stone, which were used for ritual practices during the eighth century B.C. Evidence shows that the use of the rooms was ...

Yuval Gadot of the Department of Archeology and Ancient ... of Jerusalem and the Acropolis (the upper city), which was where the palace and the temple were located and stood on the Temple Mount ...

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 ...

Orthodox American immigrants to Israel have played leading roles in activism for greater Jewish access to the Temple Mount. JERUSALEM (JTA ... where the ancient Jewish Temple once stood.

Ancient Toponyms in Eretz-Israel as Preserved among the Arabs ... The Stone Vessel Industry in the Second Temple Period: Excavations at Ḥizma and the Jerusalem Temple Mount (JSP 1). Jerusalem. Marom N ...

Myths, of the Da Vinci Code variety, abound that vessels from the ancient Jerusalem Temples are squirreled ... The view that the Temple vessels, or keylim, are in Rome dates back to the early ...

a stone from the Temple Mount weighing five tons, evidence of the name "Ahab" inscribed on an ancient artifact, and weapons from ancient wars. The exhibition also presents models of important ...

(JTA) — Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s new far-right security minister, visited the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Tuesday, shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly urged him to ...

Judaism’s two temples stood in Jerusalem for nearly 1,000 years. Since the Second Temple’s destruction nearly 2,000 years ago, Jews have prayed in the direction of the Temple Mount ...

Flanking the northwest corner of Temple Mount lies Via Dolorosa ... can oftentimes feel crowded and noisy as it brims with ancient stone buildings and souvenir shops. The street leads to many ...