An archeological discovery announced on the first day of Chanukah was a lead slingshot stone found at Tel Zif in Judea. It was inscribed in Greek with the name of Diodotus Tryphon, who reigned over the Seleucid Empire between 142 and 138 BC and fought against the Hasmoneans.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/sling-stone-from-hasmonean-period-found-in-southern-hebron-hills/