For ages, the Judean Desert has kept its ancient secrets buried under layers of sunbaked silence. But now, one of those ...

Minneapolis-Tel Aviv. Pp. 177-187. Fischer M. and Tal O. 1999. The Hellenistic Period. In I. Roll and O. Tal. Apollonia-Arsuf; Final Report of the Excavations I: The Persian and Hellenistic Periods ...

A massive pyramidal monument, believed to be 2,200 years old, has been uncovered in the Judean Desert, providing new insight ...

How Hellenized was the Jewish religious culture of the time? Jewish culture and civilization during the Hellenistic period was in intense dialogue with Hellenistic culture and civilization ...

Among the objects found was a small bowl used for incense burning, indicative of cult ceremonies during the Hellenistic period. This artifact suggests that ritual practices were conducted within ...