Israeli archaeologist whose work reshaped Jerusalem archaeology dies at 81

Barkay, the Israeli archaeologist whose work helped reshape what scholars know about ancient Jerusalem, died on Sunday at 81, according to the Temple Mount Sifting Project, which he co-founded and ...
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In Jerusalem, early risers win eternity

Early risers win eternity. Jerusalem, after all, has never been impressed by ownership. Empires come with deeds. Jerusalem ...
Hartford Courant

On Mount of Olives where Jesus prayed, monks and nuns keep harvesting olives

JERUSALEM (AP) — Come October, monks and nuns are busy harvesting olives at the Mount of Olives and the Gethsemane garden — where, according to the Gospel, Jesus spent the last night before being ...
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Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, Part One

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Photos show monks and nuns harvesting olives on the Holy Land’s Mount of Olives

JERUSALEM (AP) — Jesus prayed among the olive trees in the garden of Gethsemane on his last night before the crucifixion, according to the Gospel. Two millennia later, the mostly Catholic monks and ...
WTEN

Israeli authority backs down from Mount of Olives park plan

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Nature and Parks ...
The Forward

Jewish Gravestones Smashed at Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives

Gravestones were smashed, and trees and bushes set on fire in the Mount of Olives cemetery in eastern Jerusalem. The vandalism was discovered after midnight on Wednesday morning, when reports of ...