Temple mount history

Ancient seal discovered in Temple Mount soil may link to King Josiah's era

Based on the writing style, the sealing dates to the late First Temple period, approximately the late-7th to early-6th century BCE.

Archaeologist Mordechai Ehrlich holding the sealing.

'Exquisite' 1,700-year-old lamp bearing Temple symbols discovered in Jerusalem

 Ben-Gvir, ministers, travel to Temple Mount on Tisha B'av 2024.

Arab world reacts to Haredi rabbis' Arabic video denouncing Temple Mount visits by Jews

View of the Dome of the Rock, the western wall and the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City on November 16, 2022.

How many Jews have ascended the Temple Mount this Jewish year?


WHERE WHITE IS BLACK AND BLACK IS WHITE

The Jerusalem Post

Head north on Jerusalem’s walls

Looking down at Jerusalem evokes a sense of history and a glimpse through the eyes of many conquerors over thousands of years.

Jerusalem's northern wall

Temple Mount Sifting Project launches crowdfunding campaign after losing funding

‘We are currently at a critical junction: The project will either close down or continue toward the research,’ says co-founder.

Second Temple period Opus Sectile floor tiles were reconstructed through research via the project’s finds.

Is picking up a rock on the Temple Mount a crime?

Last week, right-wing activist Dov Morel was detained and taken off the Temple Mount to the police station when he picked up a rock.

A view of the Mount of Olives and the Temple Mount

Business as Usual at the United Nations

The Jerusalem Post

Can great thinkers teach us tolerance, in an era of ideological radicalism?

In founding the first library of America in Philadelphia, Franklin observed: “Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.”

The interior of the the Duchess Anna Amalia Library in Weimar.

Israel apologizes after deputy minister ties UNESCO vote to Italy earthquakes

The foreign ministry stated that they were apologizing alongside Kara.

Pope Francis with Ayoub Kara at the Vatican on October 26, 2016

Analysis: Israel likely to lose big in Wednesday’s UNESCO vote

The result of the vote in this forum -- if there is a roll-call vote -- will likely make the previous UNESCO’s Executive Board look like a victory in comparison.

A view of the Mount of Olives and the Temple Mount

Evidence unearthed of Jerusalem’s protective ‘Third Wall’ from Second Temple period

"This is a fascinating testimony of the intensive bombardment by the Roman army, led by Titus, on their way to conquering the city and destroying the Second Temple," says IAA.

 IAA Excavation Co-Director Kfir Arbib cleans one of the unearthed sling stones found at the site

Arab bloc foils Israeli attempt to delay UNESCO motion on Jerusalem

Only six nations, including the United States, voted to oppose the resolution.

United Nations cultural organization UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova of Bulgaria speaks during a debate in the United Nations General Assembly between candidates vying to be the next UN Secretary General at UN headquarters in Manhattan, New York, US, July 12, 2016