Barkay’s name became inseparable from Ketef Hinnom, a burial complex on the western edge of Jerusalem where his excavations uncovered tiny silver amulets inscribed in ancient Hebrew, widely recognized ...

One of Israel’s leading archaeologists, he found evidence that the writing of the Old Testament likely began much earlier ...

Based on the writing style, the sealing dates to the late First Temple period, approximately the late-7th to early-6th century BCE. A rare clay sealing, bearing an ancient Hebrew inscription that ...

Archaeologists in Jerusalem have unearthed a rare 1,300-year-old lead medallion decorated on both sides with the image of a seven-branched menorah — the ceremonial candlestick unique to the Second ...

Non-Muslims use a wood ramp to enter the complex, home to the gilded Dome of the Rock, an Islamic shrine, and the Western Wall, holy to Jews. Polaris My stint as an amateur archaeologist began one ...

Temple Mount dig uncovers new finds. Overlooking Jerusalem at Tzurim Valley National Park, archaeologists and volunteers work on one of Jerusalem’s most unusual excavations. They are sifting tons of ...

Traditional sources and scholars have long hypothesized the location of this sacred chest. But tracing its whereabouts is ...