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.

JERUSALEM — On the eve of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, Jerusalem’s Old City bears few of its usual hallmarks of festivity. Nearly half of the grotto-shaped gift shops are sealed behind metal ...

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JERUSALEM — Jews, Muslims and Christians pass daily through the gates of Jerusalem’s Old City on their way to and from prayers or simply to go about their everyday business in one of the most ...

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 ...

In this Jerusalem travel guide we show you around the old city and surrounding areas then head over to Bethlehem in Palestine ...

As tourism to Jerusalem rebounded from the pandemic last year, more than 2 million visitors came to see the Old City of Jerusalem’s gleaming stone walls and the attraction known as “the City of David, ...

Archaeologists in the City of David National Park in Israel have discovered a rare stone seal from the first temple period – one of the oldest finds since the start of excavations in the country, ...

If you think you know the story of Jerusalem, think again. There are the stories in the newspapers, there are the stories politicians will tell you, and then there’s the real story. The underground ...

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