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— Archaeologists working in Jerusalem have restored floor tiling that was part of the courtyards of King Herod’s Second Temple over 2,000 years ago. This was the first time archaeologists successfully ...

It is Hanukkah 5767. Once more, we commemorate the heroism of the Maccabees, and celebrate the re-dedication of the Second Temple by their hands, more than 2,000 years ago. It appears that heroism and ...

HERODIUM, West Bank JERUSALEM Under a baking sun, pieces of limestone carved with borders of rosettes and geometrical designs lay in three excavated pits Tuesday — a desert site Israeli archaeologists ...

Education Week attendees use 3-D virtual reality glasses to tour Herod's temple. (LeAnn Hunt) BYU Education Week participants can take a virtual reality tour of Herod’s temple in the Joseph Smith ...

The glory of King Herod, the Judean king famous for renovating the Temple Mount and building Masada, will rise again — or at least his tomb will — Israel announced Monday. As part of a new plan, a ...

Israeli archaeologists have discovered a quarry that provided King Herod with the stones he used to renovate the biblical Second Temple compound, offering rare insight into construction of the holiest ...

Now, here's a model of biblical proportions. A retired farmer has spent more than 30 years building an enormous scale model of Herod's temple - and it is still not finished Credit: GEOFF ROBINSON ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Netflix’s Mary—a new biblical film about the mother of Jesus Christ that began streaming today—will transform viewers back to the year 20 BCE. That’s thanks to the film’s ...