The 12.15-meter-long and approximately 1.75-m -wide column is thought to have been quarried in order to decorate the Second Temple. Close to Jaffa Street, at the entrance to the Russian Compound, lies ...

The discovery is now on exhibit at the Israel Museum, and it shows evidence of the destruction of Jerusalem 2,000 years ago. A rare and mysterious, multi-compartment stone container dating back to the ...

A huge quarry - one of the largest ever found in Jerusalem, dating from the end of the Second Temple period, in recent weeks is being uncovered by an Israel Antiquities Authority excavation in the Har ...

A huge quarry, along with tools and a key, used by workers some 2,000 years ago have been discovered during an excavation in Jerusalem prior to the paving of a highway, the Israel Antiquities ...

Israeli archaeologists have reportedly discovered an opulent building where VIPs and members of the elite were likely welcomed on their way to visit the nearby Temple Mount some 2,000 years ago. “This ...

While scholars have put forth various assessments for the location of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, a Hebrew University of Jerusalem professor says that archaeological remains that have so far been ...

On Aug. 10, 70: The future of Judaism is forever altered when Roman troops breach the walls of Jerusalem and destroy the Second Temple during the First Jewish-Roman War. Sent by his father, Emperor ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. THE RITUAL purification bath (mikveh) from the Second Temple period. (photo credit: Ari Levy, Israel Antiquities Authority) The ...