Initially known as the Upper City or Zion, it endured the Roman occupation following the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE, becoming a government center under the Tenth Roman Legion. The Quarter’s ...

2,000-year-old ‘Redemption of Zion’ coin reveals turmoil before Jerusalem’s destruction Bronze coin minted in the fourth year of the Jewish Great Revolt against the Romans found by archaeologists ...

Archaeologists excavating on Mount Zion in Jerusalem have uncovered evidence of the Babylonian conquest of the city, appearing to confirm a Biblical account of its destruction. Academics from the ...

Ariel D.T. and Shoham Y. 2000. Locally Stamped Handles and Associated Body Fragments of the Persian and Hellenistic periods. In D.T. Ariel ed. Excavations at the City of David 1978–1985 Directed by ...

Archaeologists recently discovered the oldest-known Chinese inscription at the holy site of Mount Zion, according to the Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA). The inscription, which was found on a ...