Beyond what we see in ruins and texts, ancient Jerusalem was alive with sound — from temple chants and crowded markets to the ...

French pop historian Vincent Lemire's illustrated tome makes some loaded choices in depicting the Jewish parts of history.

For Jews, the site once housed Solomon's Temple, where the Ark of the Covenant was enshrined. Muslims believe it was from this rock that the Prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven during the Mi'raj, his ...

Today, roughly 1,200 residents call Motza home – a mix of multi-generational families and a growing wave of young professionals drawn by the promise of space and quiet.

However, the prophet foretold a day when Jerusalem would be desolate, and the temple burned and laid to ruins (see Isaiah 64:10-11). Isaiah understood that those who loved Jerusalem would mourn for ...

Seventy years later, the Persian King Cyrus conquered Babylonia. He invited a group of Judeans to return to the land of Israel under the leadership of Ezra and Nehemiah. With that act, he helped ...

Indeed, many of the prophets predicted military defeats, exiles and even the destruction of the Holy Temple, if our people and its ... if she had offered up her very soul.” And Jerusalem and its ...

With the world feeling more volatile than ever, especially after the most recent turmoil in the Middle East, itchy-footed ...

In the Hebrew Scriptures, Cyrus the Great is remembered not as a conqueror but as an unlikely agent of peace. Although he is a foreigner to Israel’s faith, he is called “the Lord’s anointed” in Isaiah ...

Ruins of the Palaspata temple complex from the millennia-old Tiwanaku civilization are unraveling some mysteries about the ...

The temple complex is approximately 125 meters long by 145 meters wide—about the size of a city block—and includes 15 quadrangular enclosures arranged around a rectangular inner courtyard.

The temple is called “Palaspata,” which was the native name for the area. Palaspata is located on a hill, approximately 130 miles to the south of the Tiwanaku’s established historical site.