Thursday, June 15, 2023

Hyrcania is being excavated

ARCHAEOLOGY: Hyrcania fortress site in Judean Desert excavated for the first time in Israel (All Israel News).
For the first time, archaeologists are excavating a Hasmonean fortress from the second century B.C.E., known as “Hyrcania" after John Hyrcanus, who was a Maccabean leader and a Jewish high priest during that time.

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