The story of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem is one of the most important moments in the Christian faith. The crowds waved palm branches, shouted “Hosanna,” and welcomed Jesus as the King of Israel.

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who Judah Maccabee defeated in 164 B.C., showed the longevity of the site, but Klein said there was no evidence hinting at why the building was vacated, although it collapsed at some point.

Haj Amin al-Husseini used Saladin’s image in the 1930s, including in rhetoric during the Arab Revolt (1936–1939), and in propaganda during WWII (including in Nazi broadcasts from Berlin).

For centuries, the people of Judaea had seen many foreign dynasts claim hegemony over them; the Greeks were but the latest. Antiochus IV’s interactions with the Judaeans were, to put it mildly, ...