Close to Jaffa Street, at the entrance to the Russian Compound, lies an ancient giant pillar, still partially embedded in the ...

Herod's Pillar, or the Finger of Og ... A MODEL OF the Second Temple of Jerusalem. (credit: Prof. Steven Fine) Work on the edifice was completed in the days of Persian king Darius I, ushering ...

Herod died in Jericho in spring 4 BC from ... He was responsible for among other projects the Second Temple in Jerusalem, the palace-fortress on Mount Masada and the impressive port of Caesarea.

It was the first time that archaeologists successfully restored a part of the Temple complex built by King Herod more than 2,000 years ago. (JTA) — Archaeologists working in Jerusalem have ...