28:
67:
during this struggle. The exact location of the Acra, critical to understanding
Hellenistic Jerusalem, remains a matter of ongoing discussion. Historians and archaeologists have proposed various sites around Jerusalem, relying mainly on conclusions drawn from literary evidence. This approach began to
68:
change in the light of excavations which commenced in the late 1960s. New discoveries have prompted reassessments of the ancient literary sources, Jerusalem's geography and previously discovered artifacts. Yoram
Tsafrir has interpreted a masonry joint in the southeastern corner of the
27:
76:'s 1968 and 1978 excavations adjacent to the south wall of the Mount, features were uncovered which may have been connected with the Acra, including barrack-like rooms and a huge
108:
129:
17:
115:
122:
90:
55:, following his sack of the city in 168 BCE, the fortress played a significant role in the events surrounding the
99:
48:
94:
60:
82:
64:
52:
35:
73:
69:
44:
56:
40:
77:
72:
platform as a clue to the Acra's possible position. During
18:Knowledge (XXG):Today's featured article
8:
7:
24:
26:
1:
39:was a fortified compound in
148:
59:and the formation of the
123:More featured articles
91:Tropical Storm Chantal
63:. It was destroyed by
89:Recently featured:
49:Antiochus Epiphanes
43:of the 2nd century
95:Richard Cantillon
61:Hasmonean Kingdom
139:
57:Maccabean Revolt
30:
147:
146:
142:
141:
140:
138:
137:
136:
135:
65:Simon Maccabeus
53:Seleucid Empire
51:, ruler of the
31:
22:
21:
20:
12:
11:
5:
145:
143:
134:
133:
126:
119:
112:
104:
74:Benjamin Mazar
25:
23:
15:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
144:
132:
131:
127:
125:
124:
120:
118:
117:
113:
111:
110:
106:
105:
103:
102:
101:
100:Fritz the Cat
96:
92:
87:
85:
84:
79:
75:
71:
66:
62:
58:
54:
50:
46:
42:
38:
37:
29:
19:
128:
121:
114:
107:
98:
88:
81:
70:Temple Mount
34:
32:
47:. Built by
41:Jerusalem
116:By email
109:Archive
83:more...
78:cistern
130:About
16:<
36:Acra
33:The
80:. (
45:BCE
97:–
93:–
86:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
