Ritual structure from the First Temple period identified in Jerusalem The site, near the Temple Mount, is the only known ritual structure from the period found in Jerusalem. JNS Staff Jan. 14, 2025
Jewish kitchenware unearthed in Jerusalem’s ancient drainage channel Items such as expensive oils, grape seeds and 2,000-year-old eggshells were discovered during an excavation near the City of David. JNS Staff Aug. 13, 2024
Fortifications from biblical Jerusalem unearthed Archeologists believe they were "intended to protect the city from the north—the only weak point of the City of David slope." July 21, 2024
2,300-year-old gold ring found in Jerusalem’s City of David Discoveries at the site "are beginning to paint a new picture of the nature and stature of Jerusalem’s inhabitants in the Early Hellenistic Period," said TAU professor Yuval Gadot. May 27, 2024
Israeli study dates Jerusalem expansion to before Assyrian exile Researchers achieved an unprecedented level of accuracy in dating First Temple period findings in the City of David. Joshua Marks May 3, 2024
Ancient Jerusalem roof tiles provide a link to Chanukah story “It’s very exciting to encounter the Seleucid ruler Antiochus IV ‘face-to-face’, almost 2,200 years after the events of Hanukkah," says IAA researcher. Etgar Lefkovits Dec. 6, 2023
Jerusalem find dating back to biblical kings baffles archaeologists The site is set to be open to the public next week. Pesach Benson Aug. 30, 2023
2,000-year-old receipt uncovered on Pilgrimage Road in Jerusalem The inscription found in the City of David dates from the end of the Second Temple period. May 17, 2023
Jerusalem hospitality tent to debut in historic Kidron Valley The valley houses the earliest tombs in the most ancient Jewish cemetery in the world, including Zechariah’s Tomb, the Tomb of the Sons of Hezir and Absalom’s Tomb. Etgar Lefkovits Feb. 14, 2023