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

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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.

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., ...

Workers clear debris from the excavation of a Second Temple period ritual bath, or mikveh, in Jerusalem, Dec. 2025. (Emil Eljem, Ari Levi and Yuli Schwartz, Israel Antiquities Authority) Sign up for ...

Far from the baby-cheeked cherubs of Renaissance art, they were fiery beings who inspired fear. In ancient Judaism and early Christianity, angels were portrayed as powerful beings who guarded the ...

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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.

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.