Roof tiles from the Chanukah period

Archeologists have uncovered roof tiles in Jerusalem from the 2nd century BCE. They must have been in situ when the Maccabees were eliminating the Syrian-Greek Hellenists around 164 BCE – the time of king Antiochus IV and the events that led to the festival of Chanukah.

https://www.jns.org/ancient-jerusalem-roof-tiles-provide-a-link-to-hanukkah-story/

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