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Archaeologists uncover a section of the Jerusalem wall built in Hasmonean times (2nd century BCE) in the complex of the Tower of David Jerusalem Museum in the Old City, in a discovery announced on December 8, 2025. (Gabriel Volkovich/ Tower of David Jerusalem Museum)
December 8, 2025, 3:14 pm
2,100-year-old mystery unearthed with dismantled Hasmonean-era wall in Jerusalem
A fortification in the heart of the capital was likely built shortly after the Hanukkah story took place. Now experts are asking why it was systematically taken apart, and by whom
By Rossella Tercatin
Aerial view of the Herodium fortress, on November 25, 2020, with the King Herod's tomb site and the theater built by Herod the Great in 23-15 BCE in the Judaean desert, southeast of Bethlehem (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
December 10, 2020, 10:56 am
New parts of Herod’s palace unveiled, including 300-seat personal theater
Judean king’s arched stairway, foyer exposed at Herodium, along with majestic room in which he hosted Marcus Agrippa, the second-in-command to Caesar Augustus, in 15 BCE
By Jonah Mandel
Left: 'Christus Pantocrator' at the Cathedral of Cefalù, c. 1130. (Andreas Wahra/ CC-BY-SA/ via wikipedia) Right: The Nazareth Inscription, Bibliothèque nationale in Paris, France. (Journal of Archaeological Science)
April 12, 2020, 12:14 pm
Hi-tech test shatters claim ancient inscription is 1st proof of Christianity
Study indicates the marble bearing the ‘Nazareth Inscription,’ a mysterious 1st century text linked by some to Jesus’s resurrection, was quarried in Greece, not the Holy Land
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Illustrative photo of date trees near the Dead Sea, southern Israel, on September 10, 2017. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90)
February 6, 2020, 1:23 pm
Israeli researchers grow new date plants from 2,000-year-old seeds
Six saplings sprout from ancient kernels gathered at Judean archaeological sites; scientists hope to pollinate female plants and produce fruit
By Stuart Winer and Sue Surkes
A 2000-year-old coin from the rule of Herod Agrippa, found in Nahal Shilo in the West Bank in January 2019. (COGAT)
January 27, 2019, 12:37 pm
Kid on school trip unearths Second Temple-era coin in West Bank stream
2,000-year-old artifact found in Shilo stream is from the rule of Herod Agrippa, the last king of Judea and grandson of Herod the Great
By Michael Bachner
Israel Antiquities Authority professionals assess damage at the Robinson's Arch section of the Western Wall after a stone fell on July 23, 2018. (Hannah Estrin)
August 29, 2018, 7:31 pm
Still no budget for conservation at Western Wall section where boulder fell
Antiquities Authority says it’s ‘ready to get to work’ shoring up wall adjacent to egalitarian prayer area, but government isn’t transferring necessary funds
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
n this Wednesday, June 27, 2018 photo, visitors look at exhibits, entitled "The House of Herod: Life and Power in the Age of the New Testament," at the Terra Sancta Museum in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Caron Creighton)
July 7, 2018, 4:49 pm
New Franciscan museum in Jerusalem shows life in Jesus’ time
Displays with inscriptions in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and Samaritan illustrate the kaleidoscopic variety of cultures present in the Holy Land during the first centuries
By Ilan Ben Zion
Israel Museum staff making decisions about artwork placement in "The Museum," about the country's most well-known cultural institution (Courtesy 'The Museum')
November 15, 2017, 2:10 pm
Behind the scenes at the Israel Museum, in new documentary
‘The Museum’ offers a carefully curated look at what drives and directs one of Israel’s greatest cultural institutions
By Jessica Steinberg
A scientist collects concrete samples from the Roman era Portus Cosanus pier in Orbetello, Italy (JP Oleson)
July 6, 2017, 2:08 pm
How have Roman structures lasted so long? New research finds concrete answers
Ancient Israeli coastal city of Caesarea composed of surprising mortar recipe, Utah University geologist discovers
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Ancient Jerusalem in virtual reality through a new app called Lithodomos VR (screen capture: Lithodomos VR)
April 8, 2017, 10:53 am
Virtual reality app recreates Jerusalem during Second Temple
Lithodomos VR offers visitors 3D look at the holy city during the life of Jesus; IAA to develop digital reconstruction of ancient Galilee
By Ilan Ben Zion
Aerial view of Masada (Andrew Shiva/Wikipedia/CC BY-SA)
February 5, 2017, 8:02 am
Archaeologists get set to dig at Masada, after 11-year hiatus
Tel Aviv University team will excavate rebel dwellings, Herod’s gardens in month-long expedition at UNESCO heritage site
By Ilan Ben Zion
The "Lone Oak," a surviving symbol of the pre-1948 community in the Gush Etzion area (Shmuel Bar-Am)
April 23, 2016, 9:30 am
In the Etzion Bloc, source of Jerusalem’s water, and defense
In Herod’s era, Jerusalem had grown so fast there was never enough water for its residents. Then the king found a supply that he hoped would make the people love him…
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
A priest leads Christmas mass at a church in the government-controlled side of Aleppo, Syria, on December 25, 2015. (AFP PHOTO/GEORGE OURFALIAN)
December 25, 2015, 7:33 pm
Mideast Christians face ‘apocalypse’ at hands of Islamic State, top UK cleric says
‘Elimination’ looms, warns archbishop of Canterbury; Pope denounces ‘monstrous evil’ inflicted upon Syria and Libya
By AFP and AP
Israeli archaeologist Eli Shukron (photo credit: Youtube screenshot)
April 22, 2014, 7:57 pm
Archaeologist claims to find chisel used to build Western Wall
Metal tool likely dropped by laborer working on higher sections, says Eli Shukron; Antiquities Authority still checking find
By Marissa Newman
Weaving hand-dyed wool for a wall tapestry, or wood for an alternative blanket, are all par for the course in the new Eretz Israel Museum exhibit (photo credit: Leonid Padrul)
February 28, 2014, 1:17 pm
Look, but don’t touch
The wonders of texture, fabric and metaphor in three current exhibitions
By Jessica Steinberg
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