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Maresha
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Maresha was an Iron Age city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, whose remains have been excavated at Tell Sandahanna (Arabic name), an archaeological mound or 'tell' renamed after its identification to Tel Maresha (). The ancient Judahite city became Idumaean after the fall of Judah in 586 BCE, and after Alexander's conquest of the region in 332 BCE became Hellenised under the name or Marissa (Greek: Μαρίσσα) . The tell is situated in Israel's Shephelah region, i.e. in the foothills of the Judaean Mountains, about south of Beit Gubrin.
Key facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.WHS
- Caves of Maresha
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.image
- File:Sidonian Burial Caves 036.jpg
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.image_upright
- 1.2
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.location
- Shfela, Israel,
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.part_of
- Caves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin in the Judean Lowlands as a Microcosm of the Land of the Caves
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.criteria
- (v)
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.ID
- 1370
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.year
- 2014
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.locmapin
- Israel
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16 sectionsContents
- Identification
- History
- Iron Age
- Kingdom of Judah
- Edomite period
- Hellenistic period
- Decline and fall
- After Maresha: Beth Gabra/Eleutheropolis
- Modern era
- Archaeology
- Tel Maresha and national park
- See also
- Gallery
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Maresha was an Iron Age city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, whose remains have been excavated at Tell Sandahanna (Arabic name), an archaeological mound or 'tell' renamed after its identification to Tel Maresha (). The ancient Judahite city became Idumaean after the fall of Judah in 586 BCE, and after Alexander's conquest of the region in 332 BCE became Hellenised under the name or Marissa (Greek: Μαρίσσα) . The tell is situated in Israel's Shephelah region, i.e. in the foothills of the Judaean Mountains, about south of Beit Gubrin.
Excavations revealed that Maresha was inhabited (not necessarily continuously) during the Iron Age, the Persian period, and the Hellenistic period. The Hasmonean ruler John Hyrcanus seized Maresha in 113/112 BCE, leading to its decline and eventual desertion. The city faced its ultimate destruction at the hands of the Parthians in 40 BCE.
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