In fact, the gate was a modest entrance until the 1870s when the Turks built the more impressive gate to give access to neighborhoods north of the Old City.The Old City of Jerusalem is surrounded ...

Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. Here a great number of disabled people used to lie ...

Known as 'Bab al-Amoud' in Arabic, the gate was first built during Roman rule nearly 2,000 years ago ... The battle for Jerusalem's Damascus Gate offers a rare beacon of hope. Hanadi Qawasmi.

The psalmist describes Jerusalem as a “city that was joined together” (Psalms 122:3). What is this ‘joining’ quality of Jerusalem? The Jerusalem Talmud (Baba Kama 7:7) explains that ...

Archeologists said Monday they have uncovered what may be oldest gate to Jerusalem ever found, dating to the time of the First Temple more than 2,500 years ago. The prophet Ezekiel wrote that ...

The sacred platform, along with Damascus Gate and a nearby neighborhood called Sheikh Jarrah, have been the scene of bloody clashes in recent weeks. Photograph By Craig F. Walker, The Denver Post ...