The pearls are a type of ‘speleothem’ – mineral deposits that are formed in caves by moving water. They’re often found in shallow pools of water, and a study recently published in Archaeometry ...

Rifts with Hamas and a far-right minister’s threat to resign complicated progress toward the Israeli cabinet’s vote on the ...

The structure found by Shukron’s team is the only known structure of its type from the biblical period in Jerusalem, and one ...

Amazing ancient discoveries from around the world unearthed in recent years. From Iron Age hoards and rare biblical ...

Earlier in December, an unusual oil lamp with 1,700-year-old soot marks was found near the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. Israeli officials also announced that a 12-year-old Israeli girl discovered ...

Archaeologists in Jerusalem have discovered a 1,700-year-old oil lamp decorated with rare Jewish artwork, including a unique menorah — a surprise given that the Roman Empire had tried to ...

(JNS) - 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. The ...

He ordered the Torah defiled with the blood of pigs and commanded “that the lamp ... not only liberated Jerusalem, but relit the menorah with the last remaining pure oil that, despite being ...

When 10-year-old Nehorai Nir recently went on a class trip to the picturesque Ein Karem neighborhood in southern Jerusalem, he was picking edible plants on a hill and suddenly saw a colorful object ...

This menorah is symbolic of the seven-branched oil lamp, which was in the Temple in Jerusalem (Exodus 25:31-40). The original Temple menorah was lit daily by a priest from fresh consecrated olive oil, ...

Haim the baker of the Magdinat Pe'er bakery in Emek Refaim, Jerusalem, preparing sufganiyot for Hanukkah, November 26, 2012. Last week, the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court held an in-depth ...