Fearing for his life, the Judaean king swore allegiance to Octavian, who confirmed Herod’s place as king. The Jewish historian Flavius Josephus writes that Octavian saw Herod’s faithfulness to ...

Close to Jaffa Street, at the entrance to the Russian Compound, lies an ancient giant pillar, still partially embedded in the stone quarry from which it was carved. A flaw, visible to the naked ...