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  1. Harel13

    Archeological Survey in Deir Sha'er

    Rounding off our days of practicing surveying techniques was a day of taking part in an archeological survey in the area of Deir Sha'er in Gush Etzion. This survey was part of a small survey project intending to find evidence of the Battle of Beit Zechariah between the Maccabees and the Seleucid...
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    • archeological survey archeology beit zechariah maccabees
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    • Forum: Journals
  2. Harel13

    A Chanukah Mosaic?

    A couple of days ago, one of my archeology lecturers sent us a picture of a fairly-recently discovered mosaic from a 6th century shul in ancient Chukok in northern Israel: I'm sure we've all chanced upon pictures of Jewish mosaics in the past, maybe even seen them in person in a museum or in...
    • Harel13
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    • art chanukah greeks maccabees mosaic
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    • Forum: Judaism DIR
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