Archaeologists finished excavating foundations of the ancient wall that surrounded Jerusalem when the story of Hanukkah took ...

This section of wall, dating back to the Hasmonean dynasty, is nearly 50 meters long and about 5 meters wide. It is believed ...

A fortification in the heart of the capital was likely built shortly after the Hanukkah story took place. Now experts are ...

The Hasmonean Palaces, damaged by graffiti and looting, will open to visitors during the holiday following restoration efforts.The post Ancient Jewish site damaged by vandalism to reopen during Chanuk ...

Archaeologists in Jerusalem have uncovered one of the longest, best-preserved stretches of Hasmonean-era city wall ever found ...

A 2,100-year-old Hasmonean Wall found in Jerusalem’s Old City offers rare evidence of ancient defenses dismantled during a ...

Researchers at the University of Haifa’s Zinman Institute of Archaeology have uncovered a rare hoard of coins belonging to King Alexander Jannaeus, the second ruler of the Hasmonean dynasty, over ...

Archaeologists have discovered the first ruins of a building from the Hasmonean period in Jerusalem, filling a gap in the ancient city's history, the Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced. The ...

Archaeologists excavating in Jerusalem’s City of David discovered a name associated with two Hasmonean kings carved into a fragment of a stone bowl dating back 2,100 years. Hyrcanus, a Greek name ...

Researchers at University of Haifa’s Zinman Institute of Archaeology uncovered a rare hoard of coins that belonged to King Alexander Jannaeus, the second king of the Hasmonean dynasty, during a dig ...

One of the earliest examples of stoneware made from chalk, a type of limestone, has been found during excavations in the City of David in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Thursday ...

An exciting discovery in Jerusalem constituting extraordinary remains of the wall of the city from the time of the Second Temple (second century BCE-70 CE) that was built by the Hasmonean kings and ...