A 2,750-year-old temple and a cache of sacred vessels from biblical times were discovered in an archaeological excavation near Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday. The ...

Just outside of Jerusalem, archaeologists have discovered a cache of vessels and figurines inside a 2,750-year-old temple that could provide a rare window into religious rituals of the period, the ...

An Iron Age temple discovered at Tel Motza, near Jerusalem, calls into question the Biblical claim that Solomon's temple was alone in the ancient Kingdom of Judah. Solomon's Temple — which is also ...

Neighborhood Corner: Today, roughly 1,200 residents call Motza home – a mix of multi-generational families and a growing wave of young professionals drawn by the promise of space and quiet. Just west ...

Israel Antiquities Authority archeologist Anna Ririkh displays on December 26, 2012 a clay figurine used for religious rituals and practices, dated to the early monarchic period (9-10th century. BC) ...

JERUSALEM—A cache of 2,750-year-old pottery vessels and figurines depicting men and horses has been found near a temple structure at Tel Motza, located to the west of Jerusalem. It had been thought ...

Showing rare evidence of religious practice outside Jerusalem during the Judaean period, a temple and religious figurines nearly 3000 years old were discovered in Tel Motza by Israeli archaeologists ...