Malcolm in Israel

18/03/2025

NORTHERN NEGEV MONASTERY EXCAVATIONS

16/03/2025

CITY OF DAVID - AREA 'G' EXCAVATION

A small excavation with a big message

11/03/2025

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO TRAVEL, CHECK THE SEASON AND THE WEATHER FORCAST...

10/03/2025

THE TEMPLE LOCATION ACCORDING TO RABBI MOSHE BEN-MAIMON ( Aka RAMBAM & MAIMONIDES)

MAIMONIDES' LAWS OF THE CHOSEN HOUSE, CHAPTER 5, MISHNAH 1

Mount Moriah, the Temple Mount, measured 500 cubits by 500 cubits. It was surrounded by a wall. [The earth beneath it was hollowed out to prevent contracting ritual impurity] due to Tumat Ohel. Arches above arches were built underneath [for support]. It was entirely covered, one colonnade inside another.

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Top picture: Bird's eye view of Temple Mount today. Everything outside of the green square was added by Herod and does not possess the sanctify of the original 500 x 500 cubit Temple Mount.

10/03/2025

THE FALL OF BIBLICAL JERUSALEM

The biblical text provides a detailed account of Judah’s early sixth-century B.C.E. destruction. What does archaeology tell us?

21/02/2025

RITUAL BATHS 'MIKVAOT' & MONKS IN THE JUDEAN WILDERNESS AT HYRCANIAH

Archaeologists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem just concluded their second season of excavations at Hyrcania, where they found colorful Byzantine mosaics and Herodian frescoes

18/02/2025

KETTEF HINNOM
Located on the Judah side, on the shoulder of the Hinnom Valley (Gay Ben Hinnom). The valley border line between the City of David in the tribal district of Benjamin (Jerusalem) and the City of David in Judah (Bethlehem).

From the blog of Ruth Lieberman at The Times of Israel

16/02/2025

WOMEN ADHERING TO SELF- DENIAL & ASCETIC LIFESTYLES IN THE BYZANTINE ERA.
The discovery of a tomb at Khirbat el-Masani emphasizes the active role women played in extreme religious behaviors, challenging conventional narratives about female participation in religion and spirituality.

Researchers found the remains of the ascetic individual bound in chains. Small metal plates and a tiny cross were found near the abdomen of the skeleton.

14/02/2025

IMPORTANT & SIGNIFICANT ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS IN ISRAEL SINCE THE YEAR 2000.

Archaeological in Israel provides a glimpse into the history of a land sacred to three faiths.

13/02/2025

SOLOMON’S COPPER MINES

The Bible says King Solomon possessed such quantities of bronze (an alloy of copper and tin) that it became a common material, not worthy of being enumerated...

13/02/2025

ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY EXHIBITION AT THE BEN GURION INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

10/02/2025

THE JERUSALEM HERODION QUARTER HAS REOPENED FOR VISITORS.