Asceticism is the practice of denial of physical or psychological desires in order to attain a spiritual ideal or goal, often ...

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The first archaeological evidence of extreme asceticism practiced by nuns was discovered in Jerusalem. A female skeleton, found wrapped in chains during an excavation by the Israel Antiquities ...

In her new book, Jerusalem Through the Ages, Israeli archaeologist Jodi Magness, a graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ...

She believes she has a responsibility to share with the public – as objectively as possible – the detailed and scientific information about Jerusalem’s history and archaeology that she has ...

Archaeology is largely silent on the matter ... the Magdala Stone is thought to be modeled after the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem and may have served as a ceremonial Torah stand.

Rossella Tercatin is The Times of Israel's archaeology and religions reporter. On a sunny and crisp Jerusalem winter day, a moderate crowd of vendors with old-fashioned trolleys, women wearing ...

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