Losing public authority over Scripture.

Evidence of a bustling Hellenistic metropolis.

Stone structures in the wilderness.

Discovered thanks to 94-year-old aerial photographs.

Confirming the evidence of the Talmud.

It does shed light on synagogues before the Temple’s destruction.

And may help clarify Jerusalem’s borders at the time.

Elaborate Roman-style tiles.

A piece of 18th-century baroque architecture.

Israel needs to act to preserve Temple Mount history.

But were their owners Jews?

Hills? Mounds? Platforms?

The earliest in the land of Israel.

A sign that rebels knew their fate was sealed?