Jodi Magness, a graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and professor at the University of North Carolina, is an archaeologist specializing in ancient ... south of the Temple Mount.

Myths, of the Da Vinci Code variety, abound that vessels from the ancient Jerusalem Temples are squirreled ... The view that the Temple vessels, or keylim, are in Rome dates back to the early ...

The temple in Jerusalem Although each Jewish community worshipped at its own synagogue, the temple in Jerusalem remained the spiritual center of their worship. The temple had been rebuilt three times.

Hellenization under Alexander the Great saw many people assimilated into Greek culture, including the Hellenistic Jews.