Archaeologists finished excavating foundations of the ancient wall that surrounded Jerusalem when the story of Hanukkah took ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the longest remains of an ancient wall that once encircled Jerusalem during the time of ...

The site is widely identified with the ancient village of Bet Zecharia, where the Seleucid army and the forces of Judah ...

Traditional sources and scholars have long hypothesized the location of this sacred chest. But tracing its whereabouts is ...

Archaeologists in Jerusalem recently discovered a massive Hanukkah-era wall from an ancient power struggle between Hasmonean ...

The eight-day festival of lights, which begins this year on Sunday night, December 14, and will be celebrated through Monday, ...

Because of its importance not just to Jews, but to the West, excavating the City of David has engendered much hostility, ...

Meshaal outlined Hamas's strategic roadmap, emphasizing the liberation of Jerusalem and rejection of foreign control.

Zionists draw on the military imagery of Hanukkah, while others look to the synagogue prayers that focus on the miracle of ...

Mysterious authors penned these holy texts some 2,000 years ago, but modern archaeology is shedding new light on who they were. A Dominican Father reconstructs the text of a fragment of the Great ...