Givati Parking Lot dig
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The Givati Parking Lot dig, also called Wadi Hilwa Square, is an archaeological excavation located in Silwan's Wadi Hilweh neighbourhood, in advance of a building project commissioned by the El'ad Ass
Givati Parking Lot Excavations
Part of a hoard, dated to the time of Byzantine emperor Heraclius
Glacis associated with the Acra, 2015
Excavated ruins at the former Givati Parking Lot in 2021
Acra (fortress)
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The Acra, meaning "stronghold", was a location in Jerusalem thought to have contained a fortified compound built by Antiochus Epiphanes, ruler of the Seleucid Empire, following his sack of the city in
Givati Parking Lot dig
…so it was probably a mourning piece. In November 2015, discovery of a tower and glacis identified as belonging to the Seleucid fortress known as the Acra was announced. According to archaeologists Doron Ben-Ami, Yana Tchekhanovets and Salome Dan Goor they had unearthed a complex of rooms and fortified…
Givati Parking Lot dig
Antonio Ciseri's Martyrdom of the Maccabees (1863), depicting an episode from Antiochus IV's (seated) persecution of the Jews.
Judas besieging the Acra (Alba Bible, 1430)
Seam along eastern wall of Temple Mount separating Hellenistic (right) from Herodian (left) construction