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: ...

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 ...

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 ...

Located at Mount Hotzvim in Jerusalem, a large quarry has been under excavation, exposing more information on the Second Temple time period when Jesus walked the Holy Land. Archaeologists with the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. THE RITUAL purification bath (mikveh) from the Second Temple period. (photo credit: Ari Levy, Israel Antiquities Authority) The ...

July 8 (UPI) --Archaeologists in Israel have unveiled a newly uncovered building from the Second Temple period. The grandiose structure, located near Jerusalem's Western Wall, was built between 20 and ...