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 ...

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

A religious shrine sealed up by the ancestors of Jesus — and preserved for nearly 3,000 years — has been discovered in the ancient heart of Jerusalem ... The second book of Kings describes ...

In this period, however, we should always remember that there is only one Temple and that's the one Temple in Jerusalem ... God to Moses in the first five books of the Jewish Bible, the Torah.

(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 ...

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 ...