Researchers say the discoveries also help draw a map of Jerusalem’s third wall and of the city itself during the Second Temple period, prior to the temple’s destruction in 70 C.E. Forwarding ...

The Wall actually extends for another 1,591 feet in a labyrinthine maze of tunnels underneath the Old City, exposing remnants of Jerusalem's past dating back to the 2nd century B.C.

In a stunning discovery, archaeologists in Jerusalem have uncovered a new section of the Western Wall that has been hidden for 1,700 years. Recent excavations at the holy site, which were ...

The Western Wall is what remains on the surface of a supporting wall of Jerusalem's Temple Mount, built by the Roman client king Herod the Great in the first century B.C.

A section of Jerusalem’s city wall built some 2,700 years ago and mostly destroyed by the Babylonian army in 586 BCE was uncovered by archaeologists in the City of David National Park, the ...

The wailing wall - a remnant of the ancient wall that surrounded the courtyard of the temple destroyed by Romans in 70 A.D. - became a sacred site for Jews as early as the fourth ...

"This was unequivocally the eastern wall of ancient Jerusalem. . . ... Jerusalem’s Missing First Temple-Era City Wall Uncovered by Archaeologists. By. Hana Levi Julian - 5 Av 5781 – July 14 ...

Jerusalem’s Western Wall is the holiest site where Jews are allowed to pray; millions of worshipers and tourists visit it each year.But to get to the site from the adjacent Jewish Quarter ...

Reason's 2025 summer travel issue. Click here to read the rest of the issue.The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally identified as the site of Jesus Christ's crucifixion and resurrection, is ...

Widely considered the holiest site in Judaism, the Western Wall is believed to be the last remaining outer wall of the Second Holy Temple in Jerusalem, and dates to Herod’s refurbishing of the ...

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 30 CE.