A new history examines the enduring legacy of the rebellion.

In defense of the ancient writer remembered by many as a turncoat.

A rabbi’s provocative thesis.

A persimmon branch on an amethyst seal.

Hordes of Jewish pilgrims came to Jerusalem and experienced the Temple’s “wow effect.”

The un-Jews and their forebears.

Reinforcing Josephus’ description of events, excavations offer a window into the stratagems of the ancient Jewish resistance.

The agoranomos.

Last seen in Jerusalem.

Julia Berenice.

Discovered thanks to 94-year-old aerial photographs.

Elaborate Roman-style tiles.

And the site of a heroic fight against the Romans.

Out of one, many.