Tag Archive for 'Maccabean Revolt'

The 2,200-year-old silver tetradrachma coins found in Israel. Image credit: Shai Halevi, Israel Antiquities Authority.

Hoard of Silver Coins from Maccabean Revolt Found in Israel

Dec 26, 2022 by News Staff

The hoard was in a wooden box and contained 15 silver tetradrachma coins from the reign of Antiochos IV Epiphanes, a Hellenistic king who ruled the Seleucid...

IAA archaeologists have unearthed the ruins of the Hellenistic period fortress of Acra, solving one of Jerusalem’s greatest archaeological mysteries. Image credit: Assaf Peretz / Israel Antiquities Authority.

Israeli Archaeologists Unearth Hellenistic Period Fortress of Acra

Nov 27, 2015 by Enrico de Lazaro

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have unearthed what they believe are the ruins of Acra – often called the Seleucid Acra...