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 ...

But there is no substitute for walking around the city, which is endlessly fascinating. Another relatively obscure attraction ...

Long before the Inka (commonly known as Inca in English) rose to power, a mysterious civilization bloomed on the edge of Lake ...

An ancient temple hidden in Bolivia’s highlands is reshaping how archaeologists understand the Tiwanaku civilization, a ...

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

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

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

The vanishing language of light: Neon signs fade into memory (KOR) ...

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 ...

The city grows, new building is everywhere, but the site of the Temple remains in ruins. Thus our Sages say, “If someone tells you that all the exiles have been gathered but Jerusalem has not ...

Jerusalem today is home to 550,000+ Jewish and 332,000+ Palestinian residents, who rarely mix. Palestinians live mostly in the east, and Jewish residents live mostly in the western areas.