Guerilla leader turned charismatic statesman, Jonathan the Hasmonean exchanged his daring tactics for shrewd diplomacy to take the Hasmonean...
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The war Mattathias and his sons fought against Hellenism was perhaps even more formidable than their armed conflict against...
The giant Akra fortress and its garrison of Hellenist soldiers sowed fear among Jerusalem’s Jewish residents well after Hasmonean...
There are a fair number of Georgian immigrants in Ashdod today, but it emerged only recently that they have...
Worshipers at the Western Wall for the last two years have been blissfully unaware of an underground excavation conducted...
As we follow in the footsteps of the Second Temple period pilgrims, the archeological remains of ancient Jerusalem bear...
Crashing through the ceilings of the cliffside houses of Gamla, Vespasian’s crack troops barely escaped with their lives. What...
Who’d want to be buried with toads? Analysis of artifacts from an undisturbed ancient tomb show that its contents included...
The book of Jeremiah describes a mysterious tribe with many seemingly Nabatean customs. Could the Rechabites have been Nabateans?
Archaeological excavations over the past years in Jerusalem have exposed dozens of seals dating back to the First Temple...
How did a rare gold coin end up in a hiker’s hand in the Western Galilee? Archaeologists have more...
This summer the Old City of Jerusalem walls have been the backdrop for sundry colorful sound and light displays....
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