Neighborhood Corner: Today, roughly 1,200 residents call Motza home – a mix of multi-generational families and a growing wave of young professionals drawn by the promise of space and quiet. Just west ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A partial view of a settlement from the Neolithic Period (New Stone Age), discovered during archaeological excavations by the ...

Rare evidence of the religious practices and rituals in the early days of the Kingdom of Judah has recently been discovered at Tel Motza, to the west of Jerusalem. In excavations the Israel ...

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Research into a Neolithic settlement called Motza revealed the earliest known use of dolomitic lime plaster. The Motza plaster predates the better-known Roman plaster by 8,000 years, rewriting the ...

As a tour guide, not only do I have the privilege of sharing Israel’s beauty at so many wonderful sites we visit, but also picking out incredible spots along the way while travelling between them. One ...

Firefighters on Monday morning received a report of a fire which broke out in the yard of one of the homes in Motza, near Jerusalem. The owner of the home, who was at the scene with her five young ...

Just west of Jerusalem, where the city’s noise fades into pine-covered hills, Motza feels less like a neighborhood on the edge of Jerusalem and more like a well-kept secret. Technically, it isn’t part ...

Excavations from 2015 to 2021 on the ancient site of Motza, just west of Jerusalem, revealed a sprawling settlement with some surprisingly advanced technology. The site dates back to 7100–6700 BCE ...

"The Pre-Pottery Neolithic B residents of Motza were surprisingly able to differentiate calcite and dolomite stones and used both in their plaster making," the study said. Pre-Pottery Neolithic B ...