ancient Jerusalem
David's holy city
Ancient Jerusalem refers to the historic city in the Levant, particularly during biblical and classical periods—from its founding through Roman times.
The phrase evokes the city of David, Solomon's Temple, and the setting of events central to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
The walls of ancient Jerusalem still stand in parts of the Old City.
- City of DavidOld Jerusalem's original settlement
- Bronze AgeEarly metalworking civilization period
- Temple MountJerusalem's contested sacred plateau
- Hasmonean dynastyJewish ruling family, Judea
- Western WallTemple Mount retaining stones
ritual baths · holy ground · Hebrew language · Iron Age · Dead Sea Scrolls · Ark of the Covenant · Holy of Holies · Second Temple · trade caravans · Roman governors · oral storytelling · olive oil production · pottery shards · Mount Zion · Solomon's Temple · First Temple · Roman occupation · Dome of the Rock
- Biblical archaeologyDead Sea Scrolls, Masada, Jericho, ossuaries, bullae
- historic settlementsghost town, ghost towns, abandoned village, deserted town, frontier towns
ancient Jerusalemancient Rome
Early Italian empire city
Babylon · Tyre · Sodom and Gomorrah · Carthage · ancient Alexandria
ancient Jerusalemancient Athens
Greek city-state, antiquity
ancient Rome · ancient Egypt · Persepolis · Machu Picchu · Tenochtitlan