After years of rebellion and messianic fervor, Rome unleashed its full power on Jerusalem in 70 AD. This chapter follows the ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a 2,000‑year‑old Jewish ritual bath beneath the Western Wall Plaza in Jerusalem that bears ash and destruction debris from the Roman conquest of the city in 70 C.E., ...

On this day in history ...

Mirvis was due to attend the 75th anniversary celebrations in 2019 of the establishment of latter-day Ashkelon, which was one ...

On December 17, the Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies united tradition and the present: Professor Kai Trampedach highlighted Jewish narratives against imperial claims to power in the Eugen ...

Standing in Manger Square, where the scent of incense mixed with drumbeats from scouting bands, Father Issa Thaljieh, a Greek Orthodox parish priest at the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem, reflected ...

The transformation of the Roman Empire into what modern historians call Byzantium was not a single event but a gradual ...

After Jerusalem’s destruction, Rome reorganized Judea and hunted down the last pockets of defiance. This chapter follows the Sicarii, the Roman legions, and the long road to Masada, where the Great ...

Officials said the finds, announced by Egypt’s antiquities authority, shed light on settlement patterns, production, and funerary practices from the Late Period through Roman and early Islamic eras.

Some 2,000 years ago, as the Romans destroyed Jerusalem in 70 CE, their army set the great Jewish Temple on fire. The blaze destroyed the building and its surroundings, as the conquest put an end to ...

The port city plays an important role in the spread of Christianity.

The largest cavalry charge in history broke the 1683 Siege of Vienna, effectively ending Ottoman expansion into Western ...