This is the depiction on an artifact called the Zvenigorodsky Seal of King Artaxerxes I defeating an enemy. Artaxerxes ruled the Achaemenid Empire from 465 to 424 B.C. (Courtesy Photo) Known as “The ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Archaeologists have finished uncovering the longest continuous remains of an ancient wall that encircled Jerusalem, including possible evidence of a 2,100-year-old ceasefire between ...

Archaeologists have finished uncovering the longest continuous remains of an ancient wall that encircled Jerusalem, including possible evidence of a 2,100-year-old ceasefire between warring kingdoms.

A newly exposed stretch of fortification in Jerusalem has given archaeologists a rare, almost cinematic glimpse of how an ancient city defended itself at a moment of existential danger. The discovery, ...

Archaeologists in Jerusalem recently uncovered the remains of a Hanukkah-era wall linked to a Hasmonean leader and tied to an ancient power struggle. The discovery, made in the Tower of David ...

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 ...