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Ancient Maccabee burial caves found near Jerusalem site
An excavated 2000 year old Maccabee burial cave was uncovered by a highway project 19 miles northwest of Jerusalem. Ossuaries with Hebrew inscriptions including Hasmonean names were found among chalk-chamber burials and coins and lamps date the site to the Hasmonean era.
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Maccasim
Israel
Shimon Riklin
Jerusalem
Riklin
Judah Maccabee
Judah
Temple
Flavius Josephus
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