Archaeologists have unearthed a unique stone structure in East Jerusalem, providing evidence of cultic activity and possibly ...

When we found it, it was exactly as it was here 2,800 years ago,” one researcher said of the site in the ancient heart of Jerusalem.

The 12.15-meter-long and approximately 1.75-m -wide column is thought to have been quarried in order to decorate the Second ...

Alexander the Great in the Temple of Solomon, Jerusalem Credit: Wikidata / Public domain For ... However, that all changed later in the second century BCE. Antiochus IV Epiphanus came to the throne in ...

The lamp was recovered as part of a dig at a site near the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem and ... “The Temple menorah became a Jewish symbol in the Second Temple period. However, after the Temple ...

Indeed, the enduring Western Wall in Jerusalem remains the sole relic of the magnificent Second Temple. This monument serves as a monumental bridge linking the friendships of yesteryears with those ...

It commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem. The festival lasts for eight days, symbolising the miracle of the menorah. A small amount of oil, meant to last only one day ...

A rare ceramic oil lamp from the late Roman period that bears images of items used in the Second Temple has been discovered in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Thursday.

After being driven out of parts of the land now called Israel, the Jews reclaimed the Second Temple in Jerusalem. It had been ransacked and there was only a tiny bit of oil to light the lamps.

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – Jews around the world are marking the start of Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, which celebrates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in the second century B ...

A 1,700-year-old ceramic oil lamp, decorated with depictions of the Temple of Jerusalem’s menorah, has been uncovered in the city, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Thursday.

This holiday, also known as Luminaries or Feast of Lights, lasts eight days and commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, as well as the rebellion of the Maccabees against ...