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Greetings from Antiochus Epiphanes: The earliest evidence to date for the use of ceramic rooftiles in the Land of Israel has been uncovered in the City of David National Park surrounding the walls ...

In 167 B.C. the Judeans, led by a priest named Mattathias and his sons, rebelled against their Seleucid Greek overlord, Antiochus IV Epiphanes. Antiochus’ idea of reform, the historian Diodorus ...

Ancient Roof Tiles Associated with King Antiochus’s Rule Discovered in City of David. By. David Israel - 23 Kislev 5784 – December 6, 2023. 0. Share on Facebook. Tweet on Twitter ...

“ Popillius, however, drew a circle in the earth around the king with his walking stick and demanded an unequivocal answer before Antiochus left the circle. Dismayed by this public humiliation, the ...

Gottesman, who colloquially refers to the aforementioned Antiochus as “the bad guy,” who serving as a Greek king around 165 BCE, further comments that “Antiochus wanted all the people in ...

He entered the Second Temple of Jerusalem only to find a small jar of oil that had not been defiled by Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the Seleucid king of the Hellenistic Syrian kingdom who invaded the Jews.

He entered the Second Temple of Jerusalem only to find a small jar of oil that had not been defiled by Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the Seleucid king of the Hellenistic Syrian kingdom who invaded the Jews.

In the second century B.C., the Holy Land was ruled by the Syrian King Antiochus IV Epiphanes who told the Jewish people they must renounce their religion and accept Greek beliefs or be sentenced ...

In the first century B.C, King Antiochus I of Commagene built a sanctuary unlike any of his predecessors. His unexplored tomb at Nemrut Dağ may show us more about death and worship in ancient Turkey.

Popilius sending an ambassador to Antiochus Epiphanes, 1778–1778; 40.9 x 53.5 cm. (16.1 x 21.1 in.) close. View to Scale. Past Auction. Louis Jean François Lagrenée. French, 1725–1805. Popilius ...