One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth ...

Tens of thousands of people gathered at the holiest Jewish prayer site in Jerusalem on Tuesday for the traditional priestly ...

While anyone can visit the al-Aqsa compound, only Muslims are allowed to pray there, according to the status quo agreement, ...

Scores of extremist Jewish settlers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem on Monday morning and later in the ...

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed off on the WPA helping to build the structures where the story of Jesus would be ...

New research led by the University of Haifa revealed direct evidence of tools used for large-scale production of luxurious purple dye at Tel Shikmona during the Iron Age (1100-600 BCE ...

Not many go to the holy site, but so many more do than in the past that it's no longer an activist's specialty - and that's a ...

“Historic records on the Temple Mount: A 37% surge in the number ... is embarking on a clear plan to change the status quo of Jerusalem’s holy sites. “And if they succeed, I don’t think ...

(photo credit: SCREENSHOT/X/ISRAEL POLICE) Israel Police arrested four West Bank residents for incitement and support of terrorism on the Temple Mount and in Jerusalem's Old City over the past ...

which has existed since Israel captured the Old City of Jerusalem in 1967. The site, which is known to Jews as the Temple Mount, is the holiest place in Judaism. It is known to Muslims as the ...

These structures include the walls and gateway to Jerusalem, the Temple Court, Pilate's judgement hall, the Garden of Gethsemane, dressings rooms and rock shrines. Such was the buildup and ...