Recent excavations south of Jerusalem unearthed a ditch used to defend against siege towers, along with a ruined house Crusaders may have used as cover during a battle. The finds confirm some ...

This episode recounts the Great Jewish Revolt against Rome and the brutal siege of Jerusalem in 70 AD, when Titus and the Roman legions destroyed the Second Temple and shattered Judea. The catastrophe ...

Archaeologists may have discovered evidence of a dire famine that gripped Jerusalem during a Roman siege nearly 2,000 years ago. Cooking pots and a ceramic lamp were found in an ancient cistern near ...

Scientists have managed to study the impact of a fire that happened more than 2,500 years ago a study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science reveals. Israeli archaeologists assessed the ...

There's rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we're once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one science ...

The fast day is a moment to consider Jewish power as well as Jewish powerlessness, writes a rabbi and author based in Israel. In his historical account of the Roman siege of Jerusalem, Josephus ...

In just one minute, we cover the dramatic climax of the First Crusade — the Siege of Jerusalem in 1099. From the desperate assault on the city walls to the brutal capture that followed, this video ...

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Shimon Gibson, co-director of the Mount Zion Archaeological Project, sets the scene at the Jerusalem site. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) One month after offering up archaeological evidence to back up ...