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Gamla

Gamla (Hebrew: גמלא, lit. 'The camel'), also Gamala, was an ancient Jewish town on the Golan Heights. Believed to have been founded as a Seleucid fort during the Syrian Wars, it transitioned into a predominantly Jewish settlement that came under Hasmonean rule in 81 BCE. The town's name reflects its location on a high, elongated ridge with steep slopes…

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Location
Golan Heights[a]
Abandoned
67 CE
Archaeologists
Shmarya Guttman, Itzhaki Gal, Zvi Yavor, Danny Syon
Built
3rd century BCE
Excavation dates
1978–2000
Management
INPA

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related to Bibliography · 45
Gamla → AD, Andrea, Andrew, Antiquities, Archaeology, Auburn, BC, Beardsley, Berlin, Buffalo, Danny, Finds, Flavius, Flavius Josephus, Gamla III, History, Ideology, ISBN, Israel Antiquities Authority Reports, Jerusalem
related to Identification · 37
Gamla → About, Additional, Arabic, Archaeological, Bar-Ilan University's Land, Danny Syon, David Adan-Bayewitz, Drāʿ, Galilee, Golan Heights, Haim Ben David, Hasmonean, Herodian, IAA, In, Israel Antiquities Authority, Israel Studies Department, Israeli, It, Itzhaki Gal
related to Great Jewish revolt · 26
Gamla → According, Agrippa II's, Aramaic, Archaeological, During, Flavius Josephus, For, Galilee, Gamala, Golan, Great Jewish Revolt, Hebrew, Initially, It, Jerusalem, Joseph, Josephus, Only, Philip, Roman
related to Coins · 24
Gamla → Alexandrium, Among, Another, Aramaic, As Eugene Wallenberg, Dani Zion, Danny Syon, David Eidlin, Deliverance, Galilee, Guttman, Historians, Holy Jerusalem, In, Jerusalem, Most, Of, Paleo-Hebrew, Researchers, Sasa
related to Hellenistic and Hasmonean periods · 19
Gamla → Alexander Jannaeus, Aramaic-speaking Jewish, Babylonian, BCE, Demetrius Eucaerus, Golan, Hasmonean, Hebrew, However, In, Jannaeus, Jerusalem Talmud, Jewish, Josephus, Scholarly, Seleucid, Syrian Wars, The, The Jewish War
related to Roman period · 18
Gamla → BCE, Gamala, Great, Herod, Herod Antipas, It, Italy, Judaea, Nabatean King Aretas IV, One, Ostia Antica, Ostia's, Philopatris, Pompey's, The, The Lucilii Gamalae, Theodor Mommsen, This
related to Archaeology · 13
Gamla → About, Alexander Jannaeus, Archaeological, BCE, Golan, In, Jewish, Jews, John Hyrcanus, Roman, Second Temple, These, This
related to Synagogue · 10
Gamla → BCE, Doric, Entry, Gamla's, It, Judaea, On, One, Roman, Situated
related to External links · 9
Gamla → Archived, Israel Antiquities Authority, Israel Nature, Parks Authority, Romans, Roofs, Segula Jewish History, The Levantine Ceramics Project, Vultures
related to Present-day Gamla · 8
Gamla → Benjamin Netanyahu, Golan, Golan Heights, In Israel, Israel's, Israeli Prime Minister, Likud, Syria

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jewish roman town city josephus found golan coins israel wall synagogue revolt bce galilee one archaeological hasmonean site syon siege

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GamlaAbandoned67 CE1.00infobox
GamlaArchaeologistsShmarya Guttman, Itzhaki Gal, Zvi Yavor, Danny Syon1.00infobox
GamlaBuilt3rd century BCE1.00infobox
GamlaExcavation dates1978–20001.00infobox
GamlaLocationGolan Heights[a]1.00infobox
GamlaManagementINPA1.00infobox
GamlaMaterialBasalt1.00infobox
GamlaPeriodsHellenistic to Roman Empire1.00infobox
GamlaPublic accessyes1.00infobox
GamlaTypeAncient fortification and town1.00infobox
GamlaWebsiteen.parks.org.il/reserve-park/gamla-nature-reserve1.00infobox
Gamlais asymbol for the modern state of Israel and an important archaeological site0.90text

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