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Among the items seized were a Hasmonean coin dating from the time of Matityahu Antigonus in the first century BCE with an embossment of the Temple Menorah.
It has been suggested that the menorah may have been a motif related to the Temple and the priesthood that served in it during this time.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The PA also broke a wall and blocked the water reservoirs at the ancient Jewish site of Tel Aruma.
By JNi.Media
If a letter arrived with a broken bulla, it meant it had been opened.
By JNi.Media
Apart from the cave of the skulls, the volunteers found dozens of new, illegal excavation sites, as well as the remains of the bonfires that the robbers lit on the progressively eroding mosaic floor at the top of the fortress.
By JNi.Media
The architecture of the Herodian bath is very similar to the baths and cisterns discovered in nearby Qumran (across the Dead Sea).
The Maccabeats present their Hanukkah Hamilton parody - Hasmonean.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The site reached the peak of its development in the Hellenistic period (3rd century BCE).
June 26, 2026 
