The 12.15-meter-long and approximately 1.75-m -wide column is thought to have been quarried in order to decorate the Second Temple. Close to Jaffa Street, at the entrance to the Russian Compound, lies ...

Israeli archaeologists have reportedly discovered an opulent building where VIPs and members of the elite were likely welcomed on their way to visit the nearby Temple Mount some 2,000 years ago. “This ...

A huge quarry - one of the largest ever found in Jerusalem, dating from the end of the Second Temple period, in recent weeks is being uncovered by an Israel Antiquities Authority excavation in the Har ...

A huge quarry, along with tools and a key, used by workers some 2,000 years ago have been discovered during an excavation in Jerusalem prior to the paving of a highway, the Israel Antiquities ...

Burda added that visitors to the site will be able to learn about the bath’s significance, its place within daily life, and “momentarily experience the religious and social reality of that era.” The ...

While scholars have put forth various assessments for the location of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, a Hebrew University of Jerusalem professor says that archaeological remains that have so far been ...

My project on ritual mourning in the Second Temple period produced a number of studies of ancient Jewish and Christian Prayers. Harkins, Angela Kim. Experiencing Presence in the Second Temple Period: ...

On Aug. 10, 70: The future of Judaism is forever altered when Roman troops breach the walls of Jerusalem and destroy the Second Temple during the First Jewish-Roman War. Sent by his father, Emperor ...