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Ariel Tishby, curator of the exhbition 'Fact, Faith, and Fantasy - Maps of the Holy Land from the Chinn Collection,' which opened at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem in January 2026. (Rossella Tercatin/Times of Israel)
April 25, 2026, 9:11 am
As Iran tries to wipe Israel off the map, a museum charts those who first put it on
Now reopened with war on hold, Israel Museum exhibition explores maps produced from the 15th to 19th century that blended geography with biblical beliefs and contemporary politics
By Rossella Tercatin
A Crusader sword dating to the 12th century was found off the Carmel Coast in the area of Dor Beach in a discovery announced on February 22, 2026. (Yoav Bornstein/ University of Haifa)
February 22, 2026, 10:28 pm
Diver finds his second Crusader sword in 5 years off Israel’s coast
800-year-old, meter-long artifact discovered off Dor Beach, undergoes a CT scan at the Medica Elisha Hospital
By Rossella Tercatin
Dr. David Catalunya, a researcher at the Complutense Institute of Musical Sciences (ICCMU) in Madrid, and organ expert Koos van de Linde, with the ‘Oldest organ in Christendom,’ dating back to the 11th century, which was unveiled to the public at the Saint Savior’s Monastery of Jerusalem’s Old City on September 9, 2025. (CTS)
September 12, 2025, 10:25 am
‘Oldest organ in Christendom’ makes music in Jerusalem after centuries of silence
A team of researchers studied and restored dozens of organ pipes crafted some 1,000 years ago for Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, which are now on display at the Terra Sancta Museum
By Rossella Tercatin
Contractors for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation pose with a banner reading "Make Gaza Great Again." (Facebook, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 10, 2025, 7:15 pm
Report: Staff at Israel-backed Gaza aid sites include members of anti-Islam biker gang
BBC says dozens of contractors for US-backed GHF were recruited from Infidels MC, a club of US war veterans, several of whom have tattoos glorifying Crusades; GHF says it has ‘zero tolerance’ for hate
By ToI Staff
Fox News contributor Pete Hegseth arrives at Trump Tower on November 29, 2016, in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
November 15, 2024, 6:38 am
Trump’s nominee to lead Pentagon has multiple Christian and Crusader-inspired tattoos
Pete Hegseth also has Jesus’ name in Hebrew inked on his arm, a tattoo he has recalled getting in Bethlehem: ‘Israel, Christianity and my faith are things I care deeply about’
By jacob gurvis and Asaf Elia-Shalev
A 800-year-old Crusader sword found in the sea off the coast of Neve Yam in October 2021. (Shlomi Katzin/Israel Antiquities Authority)
July 22, 2023, 7:42 am
Sword overboard: Crusader blade discovered by diver was likely lost in battle
Cutting edge X-rays pierce through tough marine crust to reveal 800-year-old weapon was slightly bent, probably during a fierce maritime skirmish
By Melanie Lidman
The 12th century Crusader fortress Belvoir, at Israel's Kochav HaYarden National Park in the Jordan Valley (Shmuel Bar-Am)
May 27, 2023, 10:05 am
Between bloodbaths, Jerusalem’s Crusader-era Christians, Muslims coexisted in peace
In ‘Jerusalem Falls,’ Prof. John Hosler analyzes what happened in the Holy City between the battles of the Middle Ages – and finds unexpected religious tolerance
By Rich Tenorio
College of the Holy Cross visual arts professor Amanda Luyster, guest curator of the new exhibit 'Bringing the Holy Land Home,' shows a reconstructed conception of a floor design at Chertsey Abbey, England, bearing images of the Crusades, in Worcester, Massachusetts, on March 8, 2023. (Photo / Laura C. Arena)
April 4, 2023, 4:15 am
In the Holy Land, clashing Crusaders and Muslims led to a fruitful cultural exchange
Through April 6, an exhibit at Massachusetts’s College of the Holy Cross shows how the violent religious wars also had an indelible artistic and aesthetic impact on Europeans
By Rich Tenorio
A carved hand imprint discovered in an ancient moat wall around the Old City of Jerusalem. (Yoli Schwartz/Israel Antiquities Authority)
January 25, 2023, 10:52 am
Mysterious handprint found in 1,000-year-old Jerusalem defensive moat
Archaeologists baffled as they uncover new elements of Old City fortifications, including parts of a huge rock-hewn trench; discoveries made during infrastructure work
By ToI Staff
The reconstructed faces of a male and a child discovered in the well in Norwich, UK, believed to date back to 1190 CE. (Professor Caroline Wilkinson/Natural History Museum)
August 30, 2022, 11:27 pm
DNA analysis suggests bodies found in UK well are victims of 1190 antisemitic attack
Study published in scientific journal uses radiocarbon dating and genome sequencing, comparing to genetic data from modern Jews, to match remains to medieval massacre in Norwich
By Amy Spiro
Remains of 12th century Medieval vessels discovered in Jerusalem's Old City, including (far right) a fragment of the sphero-conical vessel that was identified as containing an explosive material from Jerusalem, Israel. (Robert Mason, Royal Ontario Museum)
April 29, 2022, 12:28 pm
Was Monty Python’s ‘Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch’ fact? Crusader-era explosive found
Analysis of 11th-12th century vessel shards excavated in Jerusalem’s Old City give support to Crusader-era accounts of exploding projectiles — such as depicted in ‘The Holy Grail’
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
The stone slab, once a Crusader-era altar, in Jerusalem’s Holy Sepulchre Church, April 11, 2022. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/TOI)
April 13, 2022, 10:32 pm
Researchers rediscover original medieval altar of Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Experts say shrine was used by Catholic clergy until Muslims retook Jerusalem in 1244, after which it was used by Greek Orthodox church until 1808 when it was damaged in a fire
By Agencies and ToI Staff
The Crusader camp near Tzippori in northern Israel (Israel Antiquities Authority/Courtesy)
October 21, 2021, 12:19 pm
First evidence of Crusader war camp discovered in northern Israel
During work to expand a highway near Tzippori, dozens of metal artifacts are found, including horseshoe nails that the Christian invaders used before setting out to battle
By ToI Staff
Jacob Sharvit of the Israel Antiquities Authority displays an ancient one-meter-long sword that experts say dates back to the Crusader-era and is believed to have belonged to a Crusader, at the beach in Caesarea, on October 19, 2021 days after being discovered by a local diver. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
October 18, 2021, 1:13 pm
Diver pulls 900-year-old Crusader sword from seafloor
Though encrusted with marine organisms, one-meter-long blade is preserved in perfect condition, expert says; finder given outstanding citizen award for handing in relic
By Stuart Winer
A sunken visitor's center will stand in place of these excavations at the foot of Jerusalem's Tower of David Museum, November 2020 (Ricky Rachman)
December 17, 2020, 12:32 pm
Arabic inscription found under Tower of David rewrites ancient citadel’s past
A newly found inscription has forced archaeologists to rethink their dating of a fortification wall, and high-tech analysis is building a clearer picture than ever of the site
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
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