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  • Arrowheads from the Givati Parking Lot Excavations. Photo: Clara Amit. Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority.
    Arrowheads from the Givati Parking Lot Excavations. Photo: Clara Amit. Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority.
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Return to Zion and the Second Temple Period

The Struggle between the Hasmoneans and the Seleucids: Finds from the Givati Parking Lot

In the picture: The Givati Parking Lot excavations revealed arrowheads and lead projectiles bearing the design of a trident – the symbol of the Greek sea god Poseidon. These weapons were fired by Seleucid soldiers from the fortification discovered in excavations at this site

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