A rare 1,700-year-old lamp with Jewish Temple symbols has been uncovered in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities ... artifact he referred to as the Mount of Olives lamp. "After the Roman Emperor ...

"We always have to keep hope alive and believe that the situation will be better. There is always someone up there watching ...

Despite ongoing tensions in Gaza thousands of Christian worshippers marched across the Mount of Olives on Palm Sunday.

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa and members of the clergy take part in the traditional Palm Sunday procession in the rain at the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem on April 13. (photo: ...

The Mount of Olives is one of the holiest places on the earth. It is first mentioned in the Bible over a thousand years before the birth of Christ, in the Second Book of Kings, where one finds ...

In E. Mazar ed. The Ophel Excavations to the South of the Temple Mount, 2009–2013: Final Reports I. Jerusalem. Kloner A. 2001. Survey of Jerusalem: The Northeast Sector (Archaeological Survey of ...

The Church of Saint Mary Magdalene is situated on the slope of the Mount of Olives in the Garden of Gethsemane and is one of the most easily recognizable landmarks of Jerusalem. This striking example ...

Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, center, on the eve of Palm Sunday holiday on the Mount of Olives ...

This site is located a few kilometres south-west of Jerusalem, in the Central Highlands between Nablus and Hebron ... were the basis for a strong presence of agriculture through the cultivation of ...

(photo credit: JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY) Under a clear April sky and the banner of “Am Israel Run,” approximately 40,000 ...

Four residents of east Jerusalem were arrested for a variety of cases of incitement and online support of terrorism in recent months, Israel Police ... on the Temple Mount with eliminated ...

Temple Mount is one of the holiest sites in Jerusalem for both Jews and Muslims. Historians have associated it with Mount Moriah (where the binding of Isaac took place) and Mount Zion (where the ...