Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prof. Gabriel (Gabi) Barkay (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST) Israeli archaeologist Prof. Gabriel Barkay, who ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Archaeologists have finished uncovering the longest continuous remains of an ancient wall that encircled Jerusalem, including possible evidence of a 2,100-year-old ceasefire between ...

In the Judean desert, a complex past is being unearthed into a complicated present. Correspondent Seth Doane journeys to Israel and the West Bank, talking with archaeologists, residents and government ...

The early results from a long-awaited excavation of the quarry beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre are nothing short of ...

JERUSALEM -- Underneath the homes and ragged streets of the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan lie the remnants of a Jewish past: coins, seals, a water tunnel hewn by a Judean king 2,700 years ago, a ...

Archaeologists have finished uncovering the longest continuous remains of an ancient wall that encircled Jerusalem, including possible evidence of a 2,100-year-old ceasefire between warring kingdoms.

Prof. Gabriel (Gabi) Barkay, the Israeli archaeologist whose work helped reshape what scholars know about ancient Jerusalem, died on Sunday at 81, according to the Temple Mount Sifting Project, which ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Archaeologists have uncovered the longest continuous remains of ancient Jerusalem’s Hasmonean walls, a rare find ...