Hyrcania (fortress)
Hyrcania (Ancient Greek: Ὑρκανία; Arabic: Khirbet el-Mird) was an ancient fortress in the Judean Desert. The site was rebuilt during the Byzantine period as a monastery called Kastellion. The site is located on an isolated hill about 200 m above the Hyrcania valley, on its western edge. It is about 5 km west of Qumran, and 16 km east of Jerusalem. The site has not yet been thoroughly excavated. Current knowledge about the ruins of the site is based on a limited number of test pits.
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Hyrcania (fortress)
Hyrcania (Ancient Greek: Ὑρκανία; Arabic: Khirbet el-Mird) was an ancient fortress in the Judean Desert. The site was rebuilt during the Byzantine period as a monastery called Kastellion. The site is located on an isolated hill about 200 m above the Hyrcania valley, on its western edge. It is about 5 km west of Qumran, and 16 km east of Jerusalem. The site has not yet been thoroughly excavated. Current knowledge about the ruins of the site is based on a limited number of test pits.
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Hyrcania (Ancient Greek: Ὑρκαν ...... a limited number of test pits.
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Hyrcania est une ancienne fort ...... o et en 2000 par Oren Gutfeld.
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Hyrcania was een van de forten ...... eremonie in Hyrcania begraven.
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Hyrkania (auch Hureqanya, Cast ...... Kloster Kastellion gegründet.
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Hyrkanium (arab. Chirbet el-Mi ...... zraela oraz Wojnie żydowskiej.
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John Hyrcanus or Alexander Jannaeus
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The ruins of the fortress at the acropolis of Hyrcania
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Hellenistic to Late Middle Ages
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Hyrcania (Ancient Greek: Ὑρκαν ...... a limited number of test pits.
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Hyrcania est une ancienne fort ...... ichesses les plus précieuses »
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Hyrcania was een van de forten ...... tegen Aristobulus (56 v.Chr.).
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Hyrkania (auch Hureqanya, Cast ...... waren Dok (Dagon) und Kypros.
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Hyrkanium (arab. Chirbet el-Mi ...... zraela oraz Wojnie żydowskiej.
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Hyrcania (fort)
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Hyrcania (fortress)
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Hyrcania
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Hyrkania (Festung)
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Hyrkanium
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