Autodidact Moshe Shapira emerged from Jerusalem’s ultra-Orthodox Me’a She’arim as an expert in both astronomy and sundials. Two of his...
A rare bronze coin minted by the rebels of the Bar Kokhba Revolt (132-136 CE) and inscribed with the name...
A subterranean reservoir in Jerusalem's Katamon neighborhood is slated as a forthcoming tourist attraction
British prime minister Winston Churchill is famed for his inspiring speeches and historical works. But he was also an exceptional...
With the reunification of Jerusalem, Jews could once again dwell in the Old City. But Jordanian occupation had destroyed the...
Fifty years after the Six-Day War and the reunification of Jerusalem, Israel’s state archives released the government protocols and stenographic...
“Bevingrad” was the highest-security British prison in the Middle East, but that didn’t stop Jewish paramilitaries from lying through their...
An artist is more popular with the public than with critics and peers: meet Ludwig Blum | Naomi Samuel
Eilat Mazar now controversially claims the inscription on a clay bulla she discovered in 2009 proves it belonged to...
A clay disc inscribed "to the City Governor" was discovered in ongoing excavations at the rear of the Western Wall...
Guerilla leader turned charismatic statesman, Jonathan the Hasmonean exchanged his daring tactics for shrewd diplomacy to take the Hasmonean rebellion...
The giant Akra fortress and its garrison of Hellenist soldiers sowed fear among Jerusalem’s Jewish residents well after Hasmonean victories...
Accessibility Tools
