"We know almost no public buildings in Israel from this ancient period and earlier," say the researchers. "This is probably one of the earliest temples ever discovered in the Judean Lowlands." ...

The term "ancient Israel" is used by scholars to refer to ... failed to reveal evidence for any meaningful 10th-century building activity," Finkelstein wrote in a paper published in 2010 in ...

Haredi Jews protested a Yehud building over possible ancient graves. Police acted. Tombs were found; the origin was unknown, and 300 homes were planned.

Archaeologists in Israel recently made a "dramatic" discovery that provides invaluable historical knowledge about Jewish life in the ancient Roman ... Jewish public building” that once stood ...