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People inspect a house that was destroyed by Israeli authorities in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, December 30, 2025. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
July 22, 2026, 10:38 am
As Jerusalem razes enclave to restore open space, Palestinians see city shutting them out
Residents of Silwan’s al-Bustan are up in arms over home demolitions, but authorities say structures were built without authorization and must make room for green space
By Zev Stub
The 2,000-year-old 'pilgrimage road' leading from the City of David to the Western Wall in Jerusalem opens to the public on January 20, 2026. (Rossella Tercatin/Times of Israel)
February 2, 2026, 7:42 am
2,000-year-old Pilgrimage Road to Temple Mount opens to public after years of digging
Millennia after being buried, street once traversed by millions of faithful from southern end of ancient Jerusalem to Western Wall can once again be walked by visitors
By Rossella Tercatin
Illustration of a rendering of slab 28 of the Southwest Palace in Nineveh (modern Mosul), Iraq, showing a city that research says may be Jerusalem, superimposed on a picture of the slab taken in 1990 by John Russell. (Trustees of the British Museum, John Russell; Illustration by Times of Israel staff)
January 25, 2026, 4:14 pm
Smashed by ISIS, a 2,700-year-old carving may have been the earliest-known depiction of Jerusalem
New research suggests a long-overlooked bas-relief in King Sennacherib’s palace in modern-day Mosul, Iraq, destroyed with other priceless artifacts, showed the Temple Mount and Bible’s King Hezekiah
By Rossella Tercatin
A 1,300-year-old menorah-decorated pendant was found at the Davidson Archaeological Park in Jerusalem, in a discovery announced on December 15, 2025. (Eliyahu Yanai/City of David)
December 16, 2025, 1:07 am
1,300-year-old menorah pendant suggests Rome couldn’t keep all Jews out of Jerusalem
After Holy City was razed in 135 CE, an edict seemed designed to prevent a Jewish return. The discovery of an ancient artifact indicates some tenacious residents refused to stay away
By Rossella Tercatin
A capital decorated with menorahs dating to the 2nd-4th centuries CE has been uncovered in the Motza neighborhood in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on April 29, 2025. (Arkady Ostrovsky/Israel Antiquities Authority)
December 15, 2025, 2:36 pm
Festival of archaeology? Five ways to explore Hanukkah history in Jerusalem
From the arrowheads used by a Greek army to menorahs, the city offers antiquities enthusiasts many opportunities to celebrate
By Rossella Tercatin
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee presents the book “When the Stones Speak” by Doron Spielman with the author (left) introduced by media personality Eylon Levy (right) at the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem on December 10, 2025. (Courtesy of Yaal Herman)
December 10, 2025, 6:49 am
For US Ambassador Mike Huckabee, contentious City of David is a place to meet God
American envoy discusses the archaeological site and how without Jerusalem ‘there would be no America,’ as he presents the book ‘When the Stones Speak’ at National Library of Israel
By Rossella Tercatin
Prof. Yuval Gadot examines mysterious channels at an archaeological installation at the City of David, Jerusalem, August 2023. (Arik Marmor/Damka Jerusalem Production House)
September 29, 2025, 6:00 am
Breaking ground without digging: In first, archaeologists ‘X-ray’ Jerusalem’s hidden layers
Israeli researchers use muon detectors, which detect elementary particles akin to heavy electrons, to reveal subterranean cavities; hope method will be deployed across the world
By Rossella Tercatin
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks at the inauguration of Pilgrims' Road, in the City of David archeological park in Jerusalem, on September 15, 2025. (Koby Harati/City of David)
September 16, 2025, 2:19 am
Rubio visits contentious Jerusalem archaeological site, boosting Israeli claim to area
In closed ceremony attended by PM, top US diplomat inaugurates newly completed Pilgrims’ Road in City of David archaeological park under Silwan, a Palestinian neighborhood
By Nava Freiberg, Reuters and Jacob Magid
A 2,800-year-old monumental dam wall in Jerusalem's City of David has been fully excavated and radiocarbon-dated by researchers from the Israel Antiquities Authority and the Weizmann Institute of Science in a study published in PNAS on August 25, 2025. (Assaf Peri/City of David)
August 26, 2025, 11:43 pm
Huge dam shows ancient Jerusalem adapted to climate change with advanced engineering
C-14 dating finds vast structure was built in 805–795  BCE; peer-reviewed study matches biblical narrative, reveals Jerusalem’s wealth, power under biblical kings 2,800 years ago
By Rossella Tercatin
Archaeologist Yiftah Shalev of the Israel Antiquities Authority holding a recently unearthed Ptolemaic coin in Jerusalem's City of David on August 20, 2025. (Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority)
August 20, 2025, 2:23 pm
Rare gold coin depicting Hellenic queen unearthed in Jerusalem dig
Coin is first of its kind to be found outside Egypt, researchers say; discovery challenges prevailing belief that Jerusalem was a poor, marginal town after First Temple razing
By ToI Staff
2,300-year-old gold rings found at the Givati Parking Lot excavation, outside Jerusalem's Old City in 2024 and 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 21, 2025, 5:02 pm
2nd gold ring found in City of David sheds light on enigmatic Hellenist era in Jerusalem
The artifacts might have been buried by a young girl on the eve of her wedding, but whether she was Judean, Greek or both remains a mystery
By Rossella Tercatin
The ritual structure discovered in the City of David. (Kobi Harati/City of David)
January 14, 2025, 8:15 pm
In first, researchers find where Jerusalemites prayed before Temple became only game in town
Archaeologists say unique City of David structure, which contains a standing stone, altar and other facilities, was abandoned in the 8th century BCE during a religious reform
By Gavriel Fiske
Sue Surkes prepares to dive off the platform and glide along Jerusalem's zipline, Augut 26, 2024. (Courtesy)
August 30, 2024, 8:18 am
New zip line over East Jerusalem offers end-of-summer adrenaline rush
The country’s longest such attraction is the latest in a string of projects created by the right-wing City of David Foundation — all over the Green Line
By Sue Surkes
Rare gladd vessels discovered in a ancient Jerusalem drainage channel, in an image released August 13, 2024. (Eliyahu Yanai/City of David)
August 13, 2024, 12:11 pm
Detritus from ancient Jerusalem drainage channel captures moment of city’s destruction
Excavation reveals rare glass and ceramic vessels, oil lamps, tableware and food remains, offering insight into state of city in period before its sacking by Rome in 70 CE
By Gavriel Fiske
An ancient quarry discovered in Jerusalem's Har Hotzvim neighborhood, in a picture released August 1, 2024. (Emil Aladjem/IAA)
August 1, 2024, 12:47 pm
Massive Second Temple-era stone quarry uncovered in Jerusalem industrial area
Stones, some weighing up to 2.5 tons, were likely used during King Herod’s many construction projects in the first century BCE
By Gavriel Fiske
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