“About half a million Jews visited the Western Wall over the week of Passover in 2025 but only 6,315 of them went further up to the Temple Mount,” said Kikar HaShabbat, an ultra-Orthodox news site, ...

A new find near the Temple Mount suggests that the “City of David” was more likely a suburb of ancient Jerusalem. (Mahmoud Illean, AP) The Dome of the Rock Mosque in the Al Aqsa Mosque ...

Israel Israeli archaeologists discover unique ancient seal affirming biblical account of Jerusalem 2,700 years ago The stone ring indicates a multi-national culture thriving in ancient Jerusalem ...

Beyond what we see in ruins and texts, ancient Jerusalem was alive with sound — from temple chants and crowded markets to the ...

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

The drainage canal from the Second Temple era tells the story of the city, its prosperity and destruction. Archaeologists have made remarkable discoveries in a recent excavation of an ancient ...

Two recently discovered ancient gold rings set with garnets reveal how Greek trends and customs became part of life in Jerusalem 2,300 years ago. CNN values your feedback 1.

The First Jewish Temple was built by King Solomon in 1000 BC, after his father, King David, conquered Jerusalem. Led by King Nebuchadnezzar, Babylonians breached the Temple’s walls and destroyed ...

JERUSALEM — A rare clay seal found under Jerusalem's Old City appears to be linked to religious rituals practiced at the Jewish Temple 2,000 years ago, Israeli archaeologists said Sunday. The ...

Ancient head of column featuring Temple Menorah found in Jerusalem The capital is 1,500 years old, a one-of-a-kind artefact never found before in the world, as it features an eight-branched ...

Religion The ‘problem’ of where ancient Jerusalem was built gets murkier. A new find near the Temple Mount suggests the ‘City of David’ was more likely a suburb of ancient Jerusalem ...

(RNS) — A new find near the Temple Mount suggests that the ‘City of David’ was more likely a suburb of ancient Jerusalem. (RNS) — As tourism to Jerusalem rebounded from the pandemic last ...