A landmark excavation has offered unprecedented historical insights. Set to conclude in the coming months, ToI gets a sneak ...

A sprawling city today, Jerusalem was nothing but a fortified ridge in the desert when David seized it 3,000 years ago. New excavations are revealing its successive stages of development ...

Yuval Gadot of the Department of Archeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures ... as the residence of the people of Jerusalem and the Acropolis (the upper city), which was where the palace and ...

The Old City is home to many of Jerusalem's most sought-after attractions ... Yet the Old City's winding alleyways and ancient stone plazas allow mixing and mingling among these cultures, making ...

For most visitors, the highlight of a City of David visit is Hezekiah's Tunnel. The tunnel was ancient Jerusalem's primary source of water, according to the Bible. Today, you can traverse this ...

No ancient city was so desired and feared, so admired and denigrated. But in the Hebrew tradition, Nebuchadrezzar was a tyrant, and Babylon a torment. The king had conquered Jerusalem in the early ...

Myths, of the Da Vinci Code variety, abound that vessels from the ancient Jerusalem Temples are squirreled away somewhere in the Vatican’s bowels. Of course, if the Vatican actually had the ...

Archaeologists have uncovered ancient Greek and Egyptian artifacts in Megiddo, supporting biblical accounts of a historic ...

The Armenian Patriarchate in Jerusalem issued an urgent call for Israeli authorities to stop a government plan to seize and ...

Over the past two decades, more than 280 buildings have collapsed in Alexandria, resulting in the deaths of 85 people.