The ritual bath was found sealed beneath a layer of destruction dated to 70 CE, in which researchers found burned ash and ...

Excavations beneath the Western Wall Plaza uncovered a rock-hewn mikveh, or ritual bath, dating to the final days of the ...

A rare ritual bath found in Jerusalem offers new insight into purity practices during the Second Temple period.

In 'The Bible’s First Kings,' scholars piece together archaeology and biblical studies to show that a United Monarchy indeed ...

Only one other known pendant of its kind exists—a lead menorah amulet of unknown origin currently housed at The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. The newly discovered artifact, however, was ...

An excavation at the City of David in Jerusalem unearthed a 1,300-year-old medallion decorated with a seven-branched menorah on each side.

Rossella Tercatin is The Times of Israel's archaeology and religions reporter. Hanukkah, which begins on Sunday night, is a great holiday for those who like to immerse themselves in the tangible ...

Two gold coins and a ring from the Byzantine period (4th-7th centuries CE) have been uncovered at the Hyrcania archaeological site in the Judean desert about 17 kilometers southeast of Jerusalem, in ...

A unique 1,300-year-old lead pendant with a menorah symbol was discovered in Jerusalem. Learn more about this rare find.

A palm-sized pendant cast almost entirely from lead and stamped on both sides with a seven-branched menorah has been unearthed in Jerusalem’s Davidson Archaeological Park, in an excavation led in ...

Archaeologists have finished uncovering the longest continuous remains of an ancient wall that encircled Jerusalem, including possible evidence of a 2,100-year-old ceasefire between warring kingdoms.

Eilat Mazar is unafraid to claim archaeological finds of biblical proportions. When the ribbon was cut to dedicate Jerusalem's newest archaeological attraction last summer, Eilat Mazar stood among the ...