Israel's Hidden Ancient Facts

A decade of persistent effort by the El Ad foundation, The City of David and archaeologists from Israel's Antiquities Authority has prod...

Hezekiah's Seal I was surprised to read a sequence in Talmud, Sanhedrin (95-97) that connects several mysteries related to contraction o...

In 2011 a rare golden bell, in the shape of a pomegranate was discovered in a drainage channel  near the Temple Mount along the route to the...

  The Matzevah of Jacob? According to carbon dating the rock-cut-rooms on Mount Moriah's east facing slope were not discovered by King D...

  The Excavation 1.3KM East of City of David Many have searched for the elusive ancient city of Ai, but so far no suitable candidate has gai...

  Click to enlarge בראשית כ״ח:י״א (יא) וַיִּפְגַּ֨ע בַּמָּק֜וֹם וַיָּ֤לֶן שָׁם֙ כִּי־בָ֣א הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ וַיִּקַּח֙ מֵאַבְנֵ֣י הַמָּק֔וֹם וַיָּ...

For 10+ years I patiently waited for news, finally it came. Using carbon dating on seeds, twigs and dirt, Regev et al unambiguously showed t...

Jerusalem's defensive wall on the steep eastern slope The late first temple city wall, discovered on the lower eastern slope of Mount Mo...

BS"D The identical phrase "with drawn sword in his hand" “וְחַרְבּ֤וֹ שְׁלוּפָה֙ בְּיָד֔וֹ” is used on three occasions in the...

In 1917 Ottoman reign over their  Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem  was brought to an end by British forces. It was replaced by  Mandatory Palesti...