Only one other known pendant of its kind exists—a lead menorah amulet of unknown origin currently housed at The Walters Art ...

Archaeologists uncovered the longest continuous section of the Hasmonean Kingdom wall foundation in Jerusalem, built decades ...

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

Cast almost entirely of lead, the pendant is decorated on both sides with an identical image of a menorah framed within a ...

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

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

A new discovery in the City of David National Park has provided rare material evidence of the presence of Greeks in ancient Jerusalem. During archaeological excavations operated by the Israel ...

The Maccabean Revolt was one of the most striking conflicts between Israelites and ancient Greeks, commemorated today through ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the longest continuous remains of an ancient wall encircling Jerusalem, possibly evidence of a ...

Archaeologists in Jerusalem have uncovered the remains of a long-lost Byzantine church and the foundations of a 2,000-year-old Jewish ritual bath not far from an area believed to have been the site of ...

In 2019, construction workers were digging up a site at the Armon Hanatziv Promenade in Jerusalem, and found the remains of an ancient structure they believe to be a palace or luxury villa.

Researchers in Israel found that, despite living in luxury, the residents of a now-ancient glam villa in Jerusalem suffered from intestinal parasites. Ya'akov Billig, The Israel Antiquities Authority; ...