Category Archives: HISTORY

Israel Antiquities Authority: U.S. Returns Stolen Ancient Jewish Coin to Israel

American authorities have returned a rare, 2,000-year-old Jewish coin to Israel nearly two decades after it was looted, smuggled, and put up for auction in the United States…

The Ancient City of David: Jerusalem’s Underground Archeological Treasure

Deep underground, the City of David is revealing some of the most exciting archeological finds of the ancient world…

Is the Vatican Hiding Treasures From the Second Jewish Temple in Jerusalem?

The first Jewish Temple on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount was built by King Solomon and was destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BCE. The Second Temple…

Israeli Archeologists Unearth Ancient Private Toilet in Jerusalem

Israeli archeologists have discovered a rudimentary private toilet in Jerusalem believed to come from…

Tisha B’Av: Mourning the Destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem

The holy day of Tisha B’Av is without a doubt the most sorrowful, most somber day in the Jewish religious calendar…

The Maccabean Revolt: Seven-Year Rebellion Against the Mighty Seleucid Empire and Hellenization of the Jews

The recapture of Jerusalem in 164 BCE from the armies of Antiochus IV was a significant early victory for Judah Maccabee’s fighters…

First Discovery in 60 Years: Israeli Experts Find More Dead Sea Scroll Fragments in the Judean Desert

For the first time in six decades, Israeli researchers have uncovered additional fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls that date back nearly two millennia.

Operation Opera: Israel’s Daring 1981 Raid on Saddam Hussein’s Osirak Nuclear Reactor

Operation Opera was an Israeli surprise air attack on June 7, 1981, which destroyed an unfinished Iraqi nuclear reactor…