A stone quarry dating from the Second Temple period, recently uncovered in a northern Jerusalem neighborhood, contains massive limestone slabs that were likely used in King Herod’s various ...

The events in Shushan were never merely about the Jews of Persia. Just a few years before Esther’s miraculous rise, we had ...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Artifacts from the Second Temple period were found in Jerusalem. A sword in a scabbard that belonged to a Roman soldier and an engraving of the Temple’s menorah on a stone ...

Work on the construction of the original version of the Second Temple was completed around 516 BCE, in the wake of the destruction of Jerusalem’s First Temple, aka “Solomon’s Temple ...

(JTA) — 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. It was the first time archaeologists ...

the only remnant of the ancient Second Temple of Jerusalem destroyed by the Romans in 70 C.E. For decades, ultra-Orthodox authorities have barred women from participating in religious rituals ...

Today worshippers pray at the base of the Western Wall in Jerusalem, the only remains of Herod’s expansion of the Second Temple, which was later destroyed by the Romans in A.D. 70. Photograph by ...

we should always remember that there is only one Temple and that's the one Temple in Jerusalem. The building itself was very small. The actual building of the Temple could fit inside the infield ...

This wall, located in the heart of the Old City, is a remnant of King Herod's renovation of the Second Temple and dates back ... Jordan River from Jerusalem - Guided (8 reviews) ...

Temple Mount is one of the holiest sites in Jerusalem for both Jews and Muslims. Historians have associated it with Mount Moriah (where the binding of Isaac took place) and Mount Zion (where the ...