Discover the top 7 most influential kings of Jerusalem. From biblical rulers like David and Solomon to Crusader kings such as ...

Archaeologists in Israel have discovered a rare clay seal mark and a 2,600-year-old stone stamp bearing Biblical names amid the ruins of a building destroyed by the ancient Babylonians. The amazing ...

Few cities in human history carry as much symbolic, theological, and eschatological weight as Jerusalem. For Jews, Christians, and Muslims, Jerusalem is a holy city, a focal point of covenant, ...

Archaeologists in Jerusalem have uncovered an ancient Assyrian inscription that may shed light on historical events described in the Old Testament. The discovery, a tiny 2.5-centimeter pottery shard ...

An Assyrian inscription dating to around 2,700 years ago was unearthed in an archaeological excavation near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City — the first time written evidence of the relations ...

A massive dam wall in the heart of Jerusalem has been fully excavated by a team of Israeli researchers and dated precisely to 2,800 years ago, the time of biblical kings Joash and Amaziah of Judah, ...

They were looking for the past. They created the present. Modern Israeli leaders are unequivocal about the importance of Jerusalem to the state of Israel. “It has been proved without a doubt that ...

A few characters on the side of a 3,000-year-old earthenware jug dating back to the time of King David have stumped archaeologists until now -- and a fresh translation may have profound ramifications ...

Controversial excavations under the Holy City uncover layers of history and stoke long-standing tensions. Below the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Christian Quarter, Father Samuel Aghoyan ...

A new tourist complex invites guests to stay in 12 boutique apartments above the site said to have been King David's Palace.

Last fall the discovery of a 2,700-year-old toilet made headlines around the world. Its significance had less to do with long-ago plumbing than with the site of its discovery: Jerusalem. No place on ...