"If the moat was dug during this period," Dr. Shalu explained, "it was intended to protect the city from the north – the only weak point of the City of David extension.

Archaeologists have solved a 150-year-old mystery in the City of David, discovering a massive moat that was used to fortify and protect the Temple Mount and the king’s palace in biblical-era ...

Open questions and excavations at the City of David archaeological site have persisted for 150 years, so any new discovery must be cross-referenced with earlier finds. In this case, the team ...

It’s a new testament to modern technology. Archeologists in Israel discovered a biblically significant moat that divided Jerusalem into two parts hidden beneath a parking lot in the City of ...

For 150 years, researchers have worked to prove the city was split in two - as described in the Bible - and they have now uncovered the moat that separated the southern residential region from the ...

Archaeologists in St. Augustine, Florida, discovered remnants of a British fort from the 1780s. The fort, a redoubt with a moat, was found on private property during a routine archaeological review.

This image provided by the City of St. Augustine Archaeology Program shows a 3-foot-tall cross-section view of the excavated moat of a 1781 British Redoubt, showing layers of natural and human ...

Archaeologists excavated a filled-in moat at Visegrád castle and found a 400-year-old helmet, weapons and military artifacts, photos show. Photo from Hungary’s National Archaeological Institute ...

A rchaeologists have solved a 150-year-old mystery in the City of David, discovering a massive moat that was used to fortify and protect the Temple Mount and the king’s palace in biblical-era ...