Close to Jaffa Street, at the entrance to the Russian Compound, lies an ancient giant pillar, still partially embedded in the stone quarry from which it was carved. A flaw, visible to the naked ...

The First Temple, also known as Solomon's Temple, was destroyed by the Babylonians when they conquered Jerusalem in 586 B.C. Herod's Temple, which was the second Jewish temple constructed in ...

And so, when Herod built the city, or helped to rebuild the city, he did so on a monumental scale. And this can be seen in the rebuilding of the Temple. If we move around the Temple complex ...

He created magnificent public building works across Judaea, most notably the colossal reconstruction of the Temple in Jerusalem. Herod saved his people from famine in the mid-20s B.C. Although his ...

And so, when Herod built the city, or helped to rebuild the city, he did so on a monumental scale. And this can be seen in the rebuilding of the Temple. If we move around the Temple complex ...