A rare and unique First Temple period stone seal that features paleo-Hebrew script and an image of a protective demon or genie has been discovered in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority ...

The Bible says Hezekiah wanted to centralize worship at the Temple in Jerusalem, and in doing so, he abolished the ritual sites located across the kingdom. It also describes that during the First ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a remarkable artifact near Jerusalem’s Temple Mount ... This rare find dates back to the First Temple period, approximately 2,700 years ago. The seal features ...

a time in which the First Temple stood in all its glory." The City of David team will put the seal on public display next week in Jerusalem for two days during the annual research conference ...

Following the conquest of Jerusalem by the Persians in 539 B.C., the Jews returned from exile and, according to the Book of Ezra, constructed a Second Temple on the site. In the first century B.C ...

The ark described in the Torah, which housed the Ten Commandments tablets among other holy objects, was hidden after the destruction of the First Temple, per rabbinic tradition. At Jerusalem’s ...