City of David

The City of David guest house: Adventures in the Old City - review

Soaring above the pine forests, you can see the entire Jerusalem skyline laid out at your feet. If I’d kept my phone on me, I certainly would have taken pictures of the breathtaking views. 

The writer looks relaxed from her prime perch.
 A GROUP of Jewish schoolgirls finish their tour of the City of David National Park excavations.

Guatemala to recognize Jerusalem’s City of David as part of its national heritage

The burnt wooden beams discovered in the City of David, July 20, 2026.

Days before Tisha B'Av: Charred wooden beams from First Temple’s destruction unearthed in Jerusalem

Inside the Pilgrimage Road

Beneath Jerusalem: The Pilgrimage Road reopens an ancient path


2,600 year old seal discovered in City of David

The seal was deciphered by Dr. Anat Mendel-Geberovich of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Center for the Study of Ancient Jerusalem.

The bulla “(belonging) to Nathan-Melech, Servant of the King,” discovered March 31st, 2019

A cable car in the City of Gold? One NGO says, ‘No thank you’

The car would start near the Khan Theater. Stops would be at Mt. Zion and the Kedem center in Ir David, opposite of the Dung Gate.

Possible location for cable car station in Silwan

Ancient Persian-era jar fragment found in City of David

The shard contains a depiction of the deity Bes, who protected households.

The "Bes-Vessel" discovered March 20th, 2019

Bennett, Shaked endorse Michigan native for Knesset

City of David VP running in Bayit Yehudi primary

Doron Spielman.

Travel Jerusalem with no stone left unturned in the City of David

Jerusalem is holy to three religions: Judaism, Islam and Christianity.

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Over 2000 years later: Ancient gold earring discovered in City of David

The earring features a horned animal dating back to the early Hellenistic period.

The Hellenistic-era earring unearthed near Jerusalem's Old City on August 8, 2018

Bronze coin from 4th year of Great Revolt found at national park

The discovery was made in sifting project in the City of David.

A bronze coin from the fourth year of the Great Revolt discovered in the City of David, July 2018

Archeology in Israel as a political weapon

Emek Shaveh’s Mizrachi: When you control the past, you control the present and the future.

Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) archaeologist Eli Shukron shows an ancient seal, at an archaeological site known as the City of David in Jerusalem December 25, 2011.

Earliest evidence of eggplant seeds in Israel unearthed in City of David

Ancient Jerusalem refuse pit sheds light on Early Islamic period dietary habits.

Test tubes containing eggplant and various botanical seeds found in the refuse pit.

The gentrification of east Jerusalem

The municipality has also invested in the Music School and Cultural Center in Silwan, which offers leadership programs, swimming and cooking classes and houses a theater group.

‘A sprawling mess built on an archeological gold mine’: Silwan Valley.