Mazar: It seems to me that Jerusalem at the time of King David and King ... black with the ashes. And the Bible tells us that the Babylonians set houses on fire. Mazar: We think it was likely ...

Thousands of Christians filled Jerusalem's Old City on Saturday for an important Orthodox Easter ritual, despite restrictions by Israeli police. The Holy Fire ceremony drew huge crowds to the ...

Tired and sad, Palestinian activist Fakhri Abu Diab stood amid the rubble of his home in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, just ...

The crown was acquired by King Louis IX of France in Constantinople in 1239 for 135,000 livres - nearly half France's annual ...