This is Dutch artist Jacob van Loo’s depiction of Judean Gov. Zerubbabel showing King Cyrus the Great of Babylon his plan to rebuild Jerusalem. Van Loo lived from 1614-70. (Courtesy Photo) The ...

In the City of David National Park, Israeli archeologists have unearthed a section of Jerusalem's city wall constructed during the First Temple period, which the invading Babylonian army was thought ...

This week, the professor continues his series of articles on the greatest villains of the Bible. Alas, there are many to choose from! This week: King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, who destroyed the city ...

Archaeological excavations in the City of David National Park have uncovered the remains of the city wall, which was built during the Iron Age - the days of the First Temple in the Kingdom of Judah, ...

The Bible depicts Nebuchadrezzar II and his city as doomed, but to his own people, he restored Babylon to glory. A snarling lion from the sixth century B.C. once lined Babylon’s broad Processional Way ...