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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 426

First Temple

Rare First Temple-era seal found in Jerusalem, in an image released on August 29, 2023. (Emil Aladjem/IAA)
August 29, 2024, 11:43 am
‘Extremely rare, beautiful’ First Temple-era ‘genie’ seal discovered in Jerusalem
2,700-year-old stone seal is inscribed with the words ‘Yehoʼezer son of Hoshʼayahu’; its image of a protective winged demon or genie betrays Assyrian influence
By Gavriel Fiske
Adam Hajaj speaks during a rally for hostages in Gaza in Tel Aviv on August 10, 2024. (Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
August 12, 2024, 3:54 pm
October 7 trauma reconnects Israelis with a 2,000-year-old Jewish day of mourning
Thousands of synagogues prepare to feature lamentations about the Hamas atrocities, on Tisha B’Av, a fast day that commemorates historical – and now contemporary – tragedies
By Canaan Lidor
Tiny, 3,000-year-old gold pendant found in the Ophel area in Jerusalem, thought to be of Phoenician origin. (courtesy AIBA/Reese Zoellner)
February 27, 2024, 3:11 pm
Tiny First Temple-era Phoenician pendant is ‘earliest gold artifact’ found in Jerusalem
Just 4 millimeters on a side, the item could provide evidence that Phoenicians were in Jerusalem 3,000 years ago, archaeologist says
By Gavriel Fiske
Excavations of a unique ancient installation at the Givati Parking Lot dig in the City of David, Jerusalem, August 2023. (Kobi Harathi/City of David)
August 30, 2023, 2:14 pm
Researchers baffled by unique, mysterious Jerusalem structure from First Temple era
Channels unearthed in City of David site, last in use around 9th century BCE, likely formed part of city’s economy due to location near temple and palace
By Michael Horovitz
The Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem, by David Roberts, 1850. (Wikipedia/ Creative Commons)
July 27, 2023, 1:40 am
Judicial overhaul opponents see parallel to Tisha B’Av, saddest day in Hebrew year
Image reading ‘Shisha B’Av’ circulates online to mark Hebrew date Knesset passed overhaul bill, drawing link to destruction of Temples
By PHILISSA CRAMER
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People gather to hear a reading of the Book of Lamentations at the egalitarian section of the Western Wall on August 6, 2022. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
March 27, 2023, 2:19 pm
Authors, poets to read Book of Lamentations in protest of overhaul
‘We are currently on the brink of destruction of the Third House,’ says writer Ilan Sheinfeld
By Jessica Steinberg
The 'Ishmael Papyrus,' a rare document from the First Temple period. (Shai Halevi, Israel Antiquities Authority)
September 7, 2022, 1:45 pm
Ingathering of the exiles? Extremely rare First Temple-era papyrus repatriated
2,700-year-old inscribed papyrus, a letter to ‘Ishmael’ written in early Hebrew script, joins only two others from biblical times. But that’s just the beginning of the story
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Religious Jews are escorted by Israeli police as they tour the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot on September 24, 2018. (Sliman Khader/Flash90)
June 2, 2022, 8:20 pm
Fighting rabbinic ban, Jewish activists push Temple Mount prayer toward mainstream
How a group of determined activists has been reinterpreting Jewish law, shifting public discourse and challenging the status quo at one of the most contentious places on Earth
By Judah Ari Gross
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In this photo from December 12, 2012, policemen are silhouetted against the Great Pyramid in Giza, Egypt. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
December 13, 2020, 8:50 am
Notes in which Isaac Newton sought to unlock secrets of Bible sold at auction
In burnt papers, British scientist tried to calculate the Great Pyramid’s dimensions to determine the size of Solomon’s Temple, in hopes of uncovering the timing of the Apocalypse
By ToI Staff
The 2,700-year-old limestone two shekel weight next to a modern two shekel coin. (Shai Halevi, Israel Antiquities Authority)
October 13, 2020, 2:27 pm
Weight, weight: Western wall dig uncovers flubbed 2,700-year-old 2-shekel stone
23-gram limestone weight displays ‘very rare’ — and perhaps ignorant — craftsmanship by local who was likely unfamiliar with Egyptian style used at the time
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
By the rivers of Babylon, painting by Gebhard Fugel, c. 1920 (Wikimedia/ creative commons)
July 28, 2020, 5:10 am
By the rivers of Babylon: Why a 2,500-year-old Hebrew poem still matters
On July 29, Jews around the world will observe Tisha B’av commemorating destruction of two temples in Jerusalem, first by Babylonians, and then by the Romans
By David W. Stowe
Queen Abigaille assumes the throne as part of Verdi's Nabucco opera, performed at Jerusalem's Sultan's Pool venue on June 20, 2019. (Eithan Elkin)
June 21, 2019, 2:21 pm
Outside the Old City, Nebuchadnezzar again razes the Temple in ‘Nabucco’
Verdi’s beloved opera about the Babylonian conqueror of Jerusalem is performed in the capital’s Sultan’s Pool, a stone’s throw from where the Bible says it all took place
By Judah Ari Gross
In this photo released by the Israel Antiquities Authority on June 19, 2019, soldiers from the Paratroopers Brigade take part in an archaeological dig at their base in southern Israel. (Israel Antiquities Authority)
June 19, 2019, 11:36 pm
Troops uncover First Temple-era observation post on training base
Tower dating to era of King Hezekiah likely part of a network of fortifications that used torches to send messages between communities and warn against Philistine attacks
By ToI Staff
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