Additional archaeological evidence of the arrival of pilgrims for the festivals is the Theodotus Inscription, which was found south of the Temple Mount, in the city of David, on the wall of a ...

The 12.15-meter-long and approximately 1.75-m -wide column is thought to have been quarried in order to decorate the Second Temple. Close to Jaffa Street, at the entrance to the Russian Compound, lies ...

A huge quarry, along with tools and a key, used by workers some 2,000 years ago have been discovered during an excavation in Jerusalem prior to the paving of a highway, the Israel Antiquities ...

Israeli archaeologists have reportedly discovered an opulent building where VIPs and members of the elite were likely welcomed on their way to visit the nearby Temple Mount some 2,000 years ago. “This ...

A huge quarry - one of the largest ever found in Jerusalem, dating from the end of the Second Temple period, in recent weeks is being uncovered by an Israel Antiquities Authority excavation in the Har ...

While scholars have put forth various assessments for the location of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, a Hebrew University of Jerusalem professor says that archaeological remains that have so far been ...

My project on ritual mourning in the Second Temple period produced a number of studies of ancient Jewish and Christian Prayers. Harkins, Angela Kim. Experiencing Presence in the Second Temple Period: ...

A rock-hewn mikveh (ritual purification bath) dating to the final days of the Second Temple period was discovered recently during excavations conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority and the ...

Israeli archaeologists have uncovered ancient coins near the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City which challenge the assumption that all of the walls of the Second Temple were built by King Herod.

STONE PROJECTILES used to batter the walls of Jerusalem prior to the destruction of the Second Temple have been unearthed by archaeologists. In the scriptures, the destruction of the Second Temple in ...