Mount Gerizim Temple
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The Mount Gerizim Temple was an ancient Samaritan center of worship located on Mount Gerizim originally constructed in the mid-5th century BCE, reconstructed in the early 2nd century BCE, and destroye
Ruins belonging to the sanctuary
Samaritans marking Sukkot, near the site of the temple, 2005
Remnants of the octagonal Church of Mary Theotokos, built around 484 CE by Byzantine Emperor Zeno over the ruins of the Samaritan sanctuary. In the background, the 16th-century tomb of Sheikh Ghanim
Samaritans performing the Passover sacrifice on Mount Gerizim, 2013
Hasmonean Judea
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Hasmonean Judea, also known in part of its history as the Hasmonean kingdom, was an independent Jewish state in Judea and its surrounding regions, during the Hellenistic era of the Second Temple perio
Battle of Beth Zechariah in 162 BCE, where the Maccabean rebels suffered a temporary setback. Illustration by Gustave Doré in 1866.
Bronze prutah of John Hyrcanus: Hebrew legend "Yehohanan (John) the High Priest and the Council of the Jews" within a wreath; reverse with double cornucopiae and a pomegranate between the horns
Prutah of Alexander Jannaeus with an anchor and the Greek inscription "King Alexander"