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Traveling through time, darkness and silence to a Hasmonaean wonder
Outside an ancient fortress on the West Bank, an unassuming hole in the ground leads to a 12 meter high hall that was preserved for 2,000 years, from the time of the independent Jewish kingdom of Judea
Assaf Kamar |
Published: 12.18.20 , 19:14
The Artabba, a little known Hasmonaean-Herodion fortress hidden among West Bank olive trees, is still revealing its secrets - including a water cistern used two millennia ago.
The fortress was discovered by Palestinian farmers who stumbled upon its ancient wall and cleared a steep yet accessible road to the site.
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