— Archaeologists working in Jerusalem have restored floor tiling that was part of the courtyards of King Herod’s Second Temple over 2,000 years ago. This was the first time archaeologists successfully ...

Christians remember Herod the Great as a murderous tyrant, and so do Jews. According to the Gospel of Matthew, when Herod heard that a rival king of the Jews had been born in a stable, he sent out his ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Netflix’s Mary—a new biblical film about the mother of Jesus Christ that began streaming today—will transform viewers back to the year 20 BCE. That’s thanks to the film’s ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli archaeologists on Wednesday said they had found ancient coins that overturned widely-held beliefs about the origins of Jerusalem's Western Wall, one of Judaism's holiest ...

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Herod the Great was the King of Judea who is said to have preserved the body of his dead wife in honey for seven years.

The building project of Simeon the Just (219-196 BCE) described in a poetic style in The Wisdom of Ben S ira (Ecclesiasticus) 50: 1-5, is complemented by the Edict of Rights to the Jews of Antiochus ...

Integrating radiocarbon dating and microarchaeology techniques has enabled more precise dating of the ancient Wilson's Arch monument at Jerusalem's Temple Mount, according to a new study. Integrating ...

The Artabba fortress, a site until recently unknown, is located at the summit of a high hill; its monumental remains were exposed by chance during development works carried out by residents of the ...