The researchers claim to have discovered eight vertical cylinder-shaped structures, referred to as shafts, extending ...

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 ...

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 ...

JERUSALEM (RNS) — Archaeologists from Tel Aviv University and the Israel Antiquities Authority have discovered a remnant of a massive ancient moat in Jerusalem that fortified the city during the ...

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 ...

The ancient bone box, etched with the words 'James ... the first leader of the Christian community in Jerusalem following Jesus' crucifixion. The names inscribed on the box correspond to those ...

“We are all familiar with the Damascus Gate built by Suleiman, but fewer people know that under it are the remains of ancient Jerusalem.” In the first half of the 2nd century CE — a few ...

Only England is left out: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot doesn't cut it and many people say the anthem of England should be Parry's Jerusalem ... The "feet in ancient time" are those of Jesus of ...