Two Seals from the First Temple Era
Archaeological evidence from the First Temple era is very rare. The main reason is that the temple site has been off-limits for study and excavation in modern times. However, in 2013, a volunteer looking through the dirt that had been excavated from Robinson’s Arch found a 1-centimeter seal impression. After closer examination, some archaeologists came to believe that this was a First Temple era seal. Learn more about this discovery...
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Students Discover Relics from Bar Kokhba Revolt
Israelis tend to take their history seriously, and it is not unusual for students to assist archaeologists to excavating, for example, the remains of a Jewish settlement dating to the Second Temple period. A group of Jerusalem high school students were searching the past to help finance their future. In
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The Walls of Jerusalem
The walls of today’s Jerusalem are beautiful, but they are not very ancient, going back to the days of Suleyman in the 1500s. Well beneath those walls are the foundations of older walls, but only in some areas. In many instances, the new walls were moved to expand the city.
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A Gold Earring Discovered Near The City of David
A gold earring portraying the head of a horned animal was unearthed under the
Givati Parking lot near Jerusalem’s City of David National Park. The earring
belongs to the second or third century B.C.E. > “The jewelry was found inside a building that was unearthed during the
excavation,
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