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Holy Temple

Members of the excavation team, including Uzi Leibner (center), in front of the vaulted ritual bath discovered in excavations at the foot of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem (Aubrey Mercado)
September 24, 2026, 1:51 pm
Ancient public mikveh complex, used for festival pilgrimage, uncovered at foot of Temple Mount
Three large ritual baths, built around 10 CE, offer a rare glimpse into the experience of the massive influx of Jewish pilgrims visiting the Second Temple some 2,000 years ago
By Zev Stub
'The Cleansing of the Temple' by Giovanni Antonio Fumiani, 1678. (José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro /Wikipedia/ CC BY-SA 4.0)
February 18, 2026, 4:53 pm
Hangry Jesus? Rumbling stomach may have spurred iconic ‘cleansing of the Temple’
A new peer-reviewed article offers an alternative reading of the famous Gospel story that saw Jesus flipping the tables of merchants and moneychangers
By Rossella Tercatin
During the 2018 season excavation at the Huqoq synagogue in North Israel, archaeologists uncovered a hoard of medieval coins and jewelry, including an architectural silver ring likely made between the 6th and 8th centuries in Western Europe. (Jim Haberman)
January 29, 2025, 10:32 am
Was an ancient European ring found in Israel used as a wedding band depicting the Temple?
Unearthed at Huqoq, the artifact may represent the missing link between 1,300-year-old Merovingian rings and popular medieval Jewish nuptial bands, new research shows
By Rossella Tercatin
An example of fibers dyed using the purple color from sea snails. (courtesy Jonathan Gottlieb)
June 22, 2023, 10:57 am
Purple from Holy Temple objects traced to snail guts at 3,000-year-old Haifa factory
Archaeologists uncover new evidence at a Phoenician dye factory that suggests the site was conquered by Israelites around the mid-9th century BCE
By Melanie Lidman
The “Grande Ludovisi” sarcophagus, with a battle scene between Roman soldiers and Germans, in a marble sarcophagus from 251/252 CE. (Museo Nazionale Romano di Palazzo Altemps, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
May 1, 2023, 3:31 am
Roman army may have included kosher-observant Jews 2,000 years ago, study finds
High numbers of Jews likely served in the legions that brought down Jerusalem and could have constituted even up to 15% of the vast empire’s army
By Melanie Lidman
Michal Avera Samuel
July 17, 2018, 2:57 pm
Michal Avera Samuel
I experienced the loss of the Temple myself
We Ethiopian Jews simply had no idea that God’s holy site on earth was gone — and we are bereft
US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, interviewed on Hadashot TV in his Jerusalem embassy office, May 23, 2018 (Hadashot Screenshot)
May 23, 2018, 9:52 pm
‘We are an honest broker,’ says US envoy to Israel from his new Jerusalem office
America wants a better future for the Palestinians, Friedman says. If they don’t even come to the table, ‘I can’t imagine that would be well received in the White House’
By ToI Staff
US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman is pictured next to a man holding a poster of the Jewish Temple replacing the Muslim Dome on the Rock on Jerusalem's Temple Mount, at an event for the Achiya educational nonprofit in Bnei Brak, May 22, 2018. (Courtesy: Kikar HaShabbat)
May 23, 2018, 7:29 pm
US ambassador ‘more mortified than any Palestinian’ over Temple photo
Friedman says picture of him standing alongside an image of Jerusalem that replaced Dome of the Rock with Jewish Temple was ‘really unfortunate’
By ToI Staff
US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman is pictured next to a man holding a poster of the Jewish Temple replacing the Muslim Dome on the Rock on Jerusalem's Temple Mount, at an event for the Achiya educational nonprofit in Bnei Brak, May 22, 2018. (Courtesy: Kikar HaShabbat)
May 22, 2018, 10:28 pm
US Embassy: Image of Jewish Temple ‘thrust in front’ of envoy Friedman for photo
US ambassador photographed with poster of Temple Mount, without Dome of the Rock; ultra-Orthodox non-profit apologizes for employee’s ‘cheap political act’
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
Coins bearing the images of US President Donald Trump and King Cyrus, to honor Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, are laid out at a private minting facility in Tel Aviv on February 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
February 28, 2018, 9:24 pm
Israeli group mints Trump coin to honor Jerusalem recognition
Mikdash Educational Center creates 1,000 coins with US president’s image alongside King Cyrus, in move likely to rile Iranians
By AP and ToI Staff
Yael Unterman
July 28, 2017, 2:39 pm
Yael Unterman
My life is like the State of Israel
The struggle to have faith in her own romantic future teaches her how to await the return of God’s presence to Jerusalem
Yoseif Bloch
June 30, 2017, 4:00 pm
Yoseif Bloch
Up Shittim Creek
The Israelites built God’s house, but only after terrible divine rebuke reformed their excesses of whoring and idolatry
The Spoils of Jerusalem, Arch of Titus, circa 82 CE (Arch of Titus Project, Yeshiva University)
December 29, 2016, 1:05 pm
7 facts about menorahs, the most enduring symbol of the Jewish people
Yeshiva University Professor Steven Fine’s new book illuminates the candelabra’s 3,000-year history — from tabernacle to Titus to today
By Renee Ghert-Zand
A group of 11 diplomats from seven African countries visited the area known as Robinson's Arch in the Old City of Jerusalem, November 28, 2016. Second from right is Ze'ev Orenstein of the City of David archeological park, who led the envoys' tour (Michel Rozili/City of David)
November 30, 2016, 10:22 am
African diplomats go on rare, ‘enlightening’ Israeli tour of Old City’s Jewish sites
Palestinians fume as envoys from 7 countries depart from protocol to meet Israeli officials near Jerusalem’s Western Wall, visit controversial City of David archaeological park
By Raphael Ahren
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau tells Knesset Channel he is in favor of building a new Temple, June 7, 2016 (Screenshot)
June 9, 2016, 11:34 pm
Israel chief rabbi urges rebuilding Jerusalem temple
Rabbi David Lau says structure could fit atop the Temple Mount without need to remove Muslim houses of worship
By Sue Surkes
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