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Maresha

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 (Hebrew: תל מראשה). The ancient Judahite city became Idumaean after the fall of Judah in 586 BCE, and after Alexander's conquest of the region in…

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Location
Shfela, Israel,
Criteria
Cultural: (v)
Inscription
2014 (38th Session)
Part of
Caves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin in the Judean Lowlands as a Microcosm of the Land of the Caves

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Tel Maresha and national park

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Maresha

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related to Archaeology · 47
Maresha → Ammoios, Amos Kloner, Apollo, Apollophanes, Apollophanes Cave, Appollophanes, Appolophanes, Arab, Aramaic, Archaeological, Archaeological Seminars Institute, Baba, Babata, BCE, Bernie Alpert, Biblical Archaeology, Demetria, Five, From, Greek
related to Bibliography · 30
Maresha → American Schools, Amos, Annual, Biblical Archaeology No, Bulletin, Chicago Press, Excavations, Final Report Seasons, Ian, Israel Antiquities Authority, Jacobson, Jerusalem, JSTOR, Judah, Kloner, London, Maresha Excavations Final Report, Maresha Subterranean Complex, Marisa, Nelson Glueck School
related to Decline and fall · 19
Maresha → Ashdod, Azotus, BCE, Following, He, Hebron, Hyrcanus, Idumaean, John Hyrcanus, Judaism, Judas, Judas Maccabeus, Maccabean Revolt, Maccabees, Marisa, Seleucid Empire, The, The Book, Very
related to Identification · 19
Maresha → Beit Gubrin, Beit Jibrin, Cave, Conder, Eleutheropolis, Eusebius, Greek, Hermann Thiersch, It, Khurbet Mar'ash, Khurbet Sandahannah, Kitchener, Onomasticon, PAL, Palestine Exploration Fund, Peters, Sidonian, The, Today
related to Edomite period · 15
Maresha → BCE, Dead Sea, During, Edom, Edomites, Following, Hellenised, Hellenistic, Hence, Idumea, Idumean, Judea, Palestine, Persian, Phoenician
related to Hellenistic period · 14
Maresha → Alexander, Aramaic, BCE, Great, Greek, Hellenisation, Hellenistic, Idumean, Iron Age Maresha, Nabataeans, Ptolemaic, Seleucid, Sidonians, With
related to After Maresha: Beth Gabra/Eleutheropolis · 13
Maresha → After, Beit Guvrin, Beth Gabra, By, Caesarea, CE, Eleutheropolis, Eusebius, Idumean/Jewish, Jewish, Onomasticon, Roman, Shaken
related to Modern era · 11
Maresha → Arab-Israeli, Arabized, Bayt Jibrin, Bayt Jibrin's, Beit Guvrin-Maresha National Park, Beit Guvrin/Eleutheropolis, Beth Gabra, In, Kibbutz Beit Guvrin, Most, The Palestinian Arab
related to Gallery · 8
Maresha → Columbarium, Extensive, Khirbet Sandahannah, Stairway, Tell Maresha, Tell MareshaAn, Tell MareshaInner, Tell MareshaVast
related to Tel Maresha and national park · 8
Maresha → Archaeological Seminars Institute, Beit Guvrin, Furthermore, Israel Antiquities Authority, Israeli, Many, Maresha's, Today Maresha

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city bce part greek beit hellenistic name tell excavations region eleutheropolis site judah national park palestine israel guvrin archaeology iron

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MareshaCriteriaCultural: (v)1.00infobox
MareshaInscription2014 (38th Session)1.00infobox
MareshaLocationShfela, Israel,1.00infobox
MareshaPart ofCaves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin in the Judean Lowlands as a Microcosm of the Land of the Caves1.00infobox
MareshaReference13701.00infobox
Mareshapart ofthe Israeli national park of Beit Guvrin0.85text
Maresharelated to After Maresha: Beth Gabra/EleutheropolisAfter0.60section
Maresharelated to After Maresha: Beth Gabra/EleutheropolisIdumean/Jewish0.60section
Maresharelated to After Maresha: Beth Gabra/EleutheropolisBeth Gabra0.60section
Maresharelated to After Maresha: Beth Gabra/EleutheropolisBeit Guvrin0.60section
Maresharelated to After Maresha: Beth Gabra/EleutheropolisShaken0.60section

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