Hasmoneans

How Chicken Bones Helped Archaeologists Date an Ancient Battle between Jews and Greeks

The liberation of Tel Iztabba.

Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
Aug. 25 2022 12:01AM

An Ancient Hasmonean Fortress in the Galilee

The mystery of Horvat Tefen.

Nathan Steinmeyer
June 29 2022 12:01AM

A Recently Excavated Structure Is Evidence of the Events Hanukkah Commemorates

“The stories of the Maccabees are coming to life before our eyes.”

Rossella Tercatin
Nov. 19 2021 12:01AM

A Hasmonean Coin and a Two-Millennia-Old Mikveh Point to a Lost Judean Village

A wealth of artifacts.

Efrat Forsher
Oct. 7 2021 12:01AM

An Ancient Engraving of a Menorah Is Discovered a Second Time

In a major hub of the Maccabean revolt.

Amanda Borschel-Dan
Dec. 9 2020 12:01AM

Two Hanukkahs or One?

Some back-of-the-envelope sociology of American Jewry.

Cole Aronson
Dec. 31 2019 12:01AM

A Submerged Ancient Greek Fortress on Israel’s Coast

Tel Dor.

Edward Whelan
June 4 2019 12:01AM

Ancient Bones, Disturbed by Construction, Receive a Proper Jewish Burial

The Hasmoneans’ winter palace.

Rachel Bernstein
May 22 2019 12:01AM

A Hasmonean-Era Village Discovered in Jerusalem

Evidence of one of the city’s golden ages.

Amanda Borschel-Dan
March 28 2019 12:01AM

At the Heart of the Hanukkah Story is Jewish Chosenness

Hebraism vs. which Hellenism?

Mark Gottlieb
Dec. 10 2018 12:01AM

The Truth about Judah the Maccabee’s Military Prowess

Were the Hasmoneans really outnumbered?

Allan Arkush
Dec. 7 2018 12:01AM

Archaeologists Discover Evidence of an Ancient Mass Beheading in Jerusalem

The bloody reign of Alexander Yannai.

Amanda Borschel-Dan
Oct. 17 2018 12:01AM

From the Maccabees, A Lesson on Separation of Church and State

Talmudic rabbis never forgave the combining of priesthood with the monarchy.

Richard Hidary
Dec. 28 2016 12:01AM

Making Sense of an Elaborate Synagogue Mosaic from the Galilee

Alexander the Great and the high priest, or a Hasmonean king and Antiochus?

A.R. Williams
Sept. 15 2016 12:01AM
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