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Except for some clandestine surveys of caves, cisterns and tunnels undertaken by European adventurers in the late 19th century—and some minor archaeological work conducted by the British from 1938 to ...

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Iconic Israeli archaeologist Gabriel “Gabi” Barkay died on Sunday at age 81 after a long illness. He was well known for his pioneering work on soil from the Temple Mount and for his discovery of one ...

The ancient Temple Mount road in Jerusalem opens after a 13-year excavation, revealing key artifacts from the Second Temple ...

Israel's hardline national security minister has sparked outrage across the Muslim world – by flouting a decades-old arrangement aimed at keeping in check religious tensions over Jerusalem's Temple ...