Archaeologists have finished uncovering the longest continuous remains of an ancient wall that encircled Jerusalem, including possible evidence of a 2,100-year-old ceasefire between warring kingdoms.

A newly exposed stretch of fortification in Jerusalem has given archaeologists a rare, almost cinematic glimpse of how an ancient city defended itself at a moment of existential danger. The discovery, ...

New research sheds light on the millennia-old mystery of why Jerusalemites from 2,100 years ago carefully dismantled a large fortification wall — more massive than the current walls of the Old City — ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Jerusalem Regional Archaeologist for the Israel Antiquities Authority, Dr. Amit Re'im, walks in a section of an excavation ...