Samaritans
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Samaritans, often preferring to be called Israelite Samaritans, are an ethnoreligious group originating from the Hebrews and Israelites of the ancient Near East. They are indigenous to Samaria, a hist
Samaritans marking Passover on Mount Gerizim, near modern Nablus and ancient Shechem, 2006
Foreigners eaten by lions in Samaria, illustration by Gustave Doré from the 1866 La Sainte Bible, The Holy Bible
Ruins of the Hellenistic-era Samaritan settlement on Mount Gerizim, built next to the Samaritan Temple and destroyed c. 110 BCE
Central panel of the mosaic floor from the 4th-century El-Khirbe synagogue, now displayed in the Good Samaritan Museum
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
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