The Wrath of the Lion: Evidence of a Mass-Burial in Hasmonean Jerusalem

Tehillah Lieberman, Kfir Arbiv, Yossi Nagar

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Abstract

Recent excavations in the Russian Compound in Jerusalem provide evidence of internal and external struggles in late Hellenistic Judea. The article presents the main findings and attempts to link them to historical events that occurred in Hasmonean Judea.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)89-107
Number of pages19
JournalTel Aviv
Volume47
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Jan 2020

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© 2020, © 2020 The Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University.

Keywords

  • Alexander Jannaeus
  • Cremation
  • Hasmonean kingdom
  • Hellenistic period
  • Jerusalem
  • Pesher Nahum
  • Russian Compound

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