Tag Archive for 'Seleucid Empire'

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...

The 2,100-year-old Hellenistic fortress in Israel. Image credit: Emil Aljem, Israel Antiquities Authority.

Israeli Archaeologists Unearth 2,100-Year-Old Fortress

Nov 22, 2021 by News Staff

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have unearthed a Hellenistic fortified structure as well as weapons, burnt wooden beams and...

This piece of papyrus from the mid-third century BC describes a period of famine in Egypt that occurred when the Nile River failed to flood for several years in a row. It was collected from the Egyptian city of Edfu. Image credit: Department of Papyrology, Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw.

Massive Volcanic Eruptions Linked to Revolts in Ptolemaic Egypt

Oct 18, 2017 by News Staff

A Yale University-led study suggests that abrupt shifts in climate caused by massive volcanic eruptions helped to trigger poorly understood revolts —...