Herodian Temple

By: BAS Staff

Building and furnishing the Herodian Temple involved more than stone quarrying and laying, but the stones and foundations of Herod’s Temple can give us clues to Temple Mount history.

By: Leen Ritmeyer

Archaeological architect Leen Ritmeyer presents drawings of the Temple Mount in the Herodian period.

By: BAS Staff

Archaeologists are no longer primarily dependent on descriptions from the first-century Jewish historian Flavius Josephus for understanding what Herod’s Royal Portico (also known as Herod’s […]

By: Reviewed by Hillel Geva

Hillel Geva reviews "The Architecture of Herod: the Great Builder" by Ehud Netzer

By: Frankie Snyder, Gabriel Barkay and Zachi Dvira

More than a hundred colorful polished stone tiles have been recovered by the Temple Mount Sifting Project. The tiles reveal what the Temple Mount floors looked like in Herod’s time. They were paved in a technique called opus sectile.

By: Reviewed by R. Steven Notley

R. Steven Notley reviews Jerusalem: The Temple Mount by Leen Ritmeyer and Kathleen Ritmeyer.

By: Reviewed by Nitza Rosovsky

Nitza Rosovsky reviews "Distant Views of the Holy Land" by Felicity Cobbing and David Jacobson.

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Joan R. Branham reviews "Visual Judaism in Late Antiquity: Historical Contexts of Jewish Art" by Lee I. Levine.

By: Reviewed by Leen Ritmeyer

Leen Ritmeyer reviews "The Jerusalem Western Wall Tunnel" by Dan Bahat.

By: Reviewed by Eric H. Cline

Eric H. Cline reviews "The Quest: Revealing the Temple Mount in Jerusalem" by Leen Ritmeyer.