Sepphoris / Tzipori / Saffuriya צִפּוֹרִי /صفورية | |
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  Sepphoris / Tzipori / Saffuriya | |
| Coordinates:32°44′44″N35°16′43″E / 32.74556°N 35.27861°E /32.74556; 35.27861 | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Council | Jezreel Valley |
| Founded | 5000 BCE(First settlement) 104 BCE(Hasmonean city) 634(Saffuriya) 1948(depopulated) |
Sepphoris (/sɛˈfɔːrɪs/sef-OR-iss;Ancient Greek:Σεπφωρίς,romanized: Sepphōris), known inHebrew asTzipori (צִפּוֹרִיṢīppōrī)[2][3] and inArabic asSaffuriya[4] (صفوريةṢaffūriya),[a] is one of the most excavated and studiedarchaeological site inIsrael.[5] The archeological site encompasses the region previously populated by many civiliations, originally as aJewish city and most recently as the formerPalestinian village of Saffuriya.[6] The site is located in the centralGalilee region ofIsrael, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north-northwest ofNazareth.[7] It lies 286 meters (938 ft) above sea level and overlooks theBeit Netofa Valley. The site holds a rich and diverse historical and architectural legacy that includes remains from theHellenistic,Roman,Byzantine,early Islamic,Crusader,Mamluk andOttoman periods.
Sepphoris was a significant town in ancient Galilee. Originally named for the Hebrew word for bird, the city was also known asEirenopolis andDiocaesarea during different periods of its history. In the first century CE, it was aJewish city,[8] and following theBar Kokhba revolt of 132–135, Sepphoris was one of the Galilean centers where rabbinical families from neighboringJudea relocated.[9] Inlate antiquity, Sepphoris appears to have been predominantly Jewish,[10] serving as a spiritual and cultural center, though it also housed a Christianbishopric and maintained a multi-ethnic population.[11] Remains of asynagogue dated to the first half of the fifth century were discovered on the northern side of town.[12]
Since late antiquity, Sepphoris was believed to be the birthplace ofMary, mother of Jesus, and the village where SaintsAnna andJoachim are often said to have resided, where today a fifth-century basilica is excavated at the site honouring thebirth of Mary.[13] The town was later conquered by ArabRashidun forces during the 7th-centuryMuslim conquest of the Levant and remained under successive Muslim rule until theCrusades. Before the1948 Arab–Israeli War,[14] Saffuriya was aPalestinian Arab village with a population of approximately 5,000 people at the time of itsdepopulation.MoshavTzippori was established adjacent to the site in 1949. It falls under the jurisdiction ofJezreel Valley Regional Council, and in 2023 had a population of 1,130.
The area where the remains of the ancient city have been excavated, occupied until 1948 by the Arab village,[15] was designated an archaeological reserve namedTzipori National Park in 1992.[16] Notable structures at the site include aRoman theatre, two early Christian churches, a Crusader fort partly rebuilt byZahir al-Umar in the 18th century, and over sixty differentmosaics dating from the third to the sixth century CE.[17][18]
In Ancient Greek, the city was called Sepphoris[dubious –discuss] from its Hebrew nameTzipori, understood to be a variant of theHebrew word for bird,tzipor – perhaps, as a Talmudic gloss suggests, because it is "perched on the top of a mountain, like a bird".[19][20]
The name of the city changed during the years (see below sections), but during theTrajan's reign the city had again the name Sepphoris as we can see from the city's coins that bore the inscription "ΣΕΠΦΩΡΗΝΩΝ" ("of the people of Sepphoris").[21]
Herod Antipas named itAutocratoris (Αὐτοκρατορίδα).Autocrator in Greek meansImperator and it seems that Antipas named the city after the imperial title to honor theAugustus.[22]
Sepphoris issued its first coins at the time of theFirst Jewish War, in c. 68 CE, whileVespasian's army was reconquering the region from the rebels.[23] The inscriptions on the coins are honouring both the emperor in Rome,Nero (r. 54–68), and his general, Vespasian, as they read "ΕΠΙ ΟΥΕϹΠΑΙΑΝΟΥ ΕΙΡΗΝΟΠΟΛΙϹ ΝΕΡΩΝΙΑ ϹΕΠΦΩ" meaning 'Under Vespasian, 'Eirenopolis-Neronias-Sepphoris'.[23] The name 'Neronias' honours Nero, while the name 'Eirenopolis' declares Sepphoris to be a 'city of peace'[23] (Koine Greek:Εἰρήνη,romanized: Eirēnē means tranquillity and peace,[24] andpolis is a city).Pancracio Celdrán interprets this name choice as the result of the city's cultural synthesis between three elements – Jewish faith, moderated by the exposure to Greek philosophy and made more tolerant than other, more fanatic contemporary orthodox Jewish places, and a pragmatism which suited the Roman ideology.[25] Celdrán notes that the name Sepphoris was reinstated before the end ofAntoninus Pius's rule.[25]
Peter Schäfer (1990), also citingG. F. Hill's conclusions based on his numismatic work done a century earlier, considers that the city's name was changed toDiocaesarea in 129/30, just prior to theBar Kokhba revolt, inHadrian's time.[26] This gesture was done in honour of the visitingRoman emperor and his identification withZeus Olympias, reflected in Hadrian's efforts in building temples dedicated to the supremeOlympian god.[26] Celdrán (1995) places this name change a few decades later, during the time of EmperorAntoninus Pius (r. 138–161), when the city minted coins using this name, and interprets it as proof of the city's high degree of Hellenisation.[25] The city's coins during that period bore the inscription "ΔΙΟΚΑΙϹΑΡΙΑ ΙΕΡΑ ΑϹYΛΟϹ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΟϹ" ("of Diocaesarea, Holy City of Shelter, Autonomous").[27] Celdrán notes that the name Sepphoris was reinstated before the end of Antoninus Pius's rule.[25]
This name was not used by Jewish writers, who continued to refer to it as Zippori.[28]
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TheHebrew Bible makes no mention of the city,[29] although inJewish tradition it is thought to be the cityKitron mentioned in theBook of Judges (1:30Archived 10 September 2019 at theWayback Machine).[30][31]
According toMishna 'Arakhin 9:6, the old fortress of Zippori was encompassed by a wall during the era ofJoshua.[32]
Evidence from ceramic remains indicates the site of Sepphoris was inhabited during theIron Age, 1,000–586 BCE.[33]
Actual occupation and building work can be verified from the 4th century BCE, with theHellenistic period.[33]
In 104 BCE, the Judean priestly dynasty of theHasmoneans conquered Galilee under the leadership of eitherAlexander Jannaeus orAristobulus I and at this time the town may have been administered by a quarter-master, probably Jewish, and by the middle of the 1st century BCE, after the campaigns ofPompey, it fell under Roman rule in 63 BCE. Around 57 BCE, the city became one of the fivesynods of Roman influence in the Near East.[34][35]
It appears that Sepphoris remained predominantly Jewish throughlate antiquity.[10] In the centuries between the rule of Herod Antipas (4 BCE - c. 39 CE) and the end of theByzantine era in the 630s, the city reportedly thrived as a center of learning, with a diverse, multiethnic and multireligious population of some 30,000 living in relatively peaceful coexistence.[11]
The Romanclient king,Herod the Great recaptured Sepphoris in 37 BCE after it had been garrisoned by theParthian proxy, the HasmoneanAntigonus II Mattathias.[36] Herod seemingly built a royal palace-fortress that doubled as an arsenal, likely positioned within the acropolis enclosed by the city's wall.[37]
After Herod's death in 4 BCE, a rebel named Judas, son of a local bandit, Ezekias, attacked Sepphoris, then the administrative center of the Galilee, and, sacking its treasury and weapons, armed his followers in a revolt against Herodian rule.[38][8] The Roman governor in Syria,Varus is reported byJosephus – perhaps in an exaggeration, since archaeology has failed to verify traces of the conflagration – to have burnt the city down, and sold its inhabitants into slavery.[38][8] AfterHerod's son,Herod Antipas was madetetrarch, or governor, he proclaimed the city's new name to beAutocratoris, and rebuilt it as the "Ornament of theGalilee" (Josephus, Ant. 18.27).[39] Antipas expanded upon Herod's palace/arsenal, and built a city wall.[37] An ancient route linking Sepphoris toLegio, and further south toSebastia (ancient Samaria), is believed to have been paved by the Romans around this time.[40] The new population was loyal to Rome.
Maurice Casey writes that, although Sepphoris during the early first century was "a very Jewish city", some of the people there did speakGreek. A lead weight dated to the first century bears an inscription in Greek with three Jewish names. Several scholars have suggested that Jesus, while working as a craftsman inNazareth, may have travelled to Sepphoris for work purposes, possibly withhis father andbrothers.[41][8] Casey states that this is entirely possible, but is likewise impossible to historically verify. Jesus does not seem to have visited Sepphoris during his public ministry and none of the sayings recorded in theGospels mention it.[8]
The inhabitants of Sepphoris did not join theJewish revolt against Roman rule of 66 CE. The Romanlegate in Syria,Cestius Gallus, killed some 2,000 "brigands and rebels" in the area.[42] The JerusalemiteJosephus, a son of Jerusalem's priestly elite had been sent north to recruit the Galilee into the rebellion's fold, but was only partially successful. He made two attempts to capture Sepphoris, but failed to conquer it, the first time because of fierce resistance, the second because a garrison came to assist in the city's defence.[43] Around the time of the rebellion Sepphoris had a Roman theater, and in later periods, bath-houses and mosaic floors. Rejected by Sepphoris and forced to camp outside the city, Josephus went on toJotapata, which did seem interested in the rebellion, – theSiege of Yodfat ended on 20 July 67 CE. Towns and villages that did not rebel were spared and in Galilee they were the majority.[44] Coins minted in the city at the time of the revolt carried the inscriptionNeronias andEirenopolis, "City of Peace". After the revolt, coins bore depictions of laurel wreaths, palm trees, caduceuses and ears of barley.[45]
George Francis Hill andPeter Schäfer consider that the city's name was changed toDiocaesarea in 129/30, just prior to theBar Kokhba revolt, inHadrian's time.[26] This gesture was done in honour of the visitingRoman emperor and his identification withZeus Olympias, reflected in Hadrian's efforts in building temples dedicated to the supremeOlympian god.[26]
Following the Bar Kokhba revolt of 132–135, many Jewish refugees from devastated Judea settled there, turning it into a center of Jewish religious and spiritual life.[citation needed] RabbiYehuda Hanasi, the compiler of theMishnah, a commentary on theTorah, moved to Sepphoris, along with theSanhedrin, the highest Jewish religious court.[46] Before moving toTiberias by 220, some Jewish academies of learning,yeshivot, were also based there. Galilee was predominantly populated by Jews from the end of the 2nd century to the 4th century CE.[47]
As late as the third-fourth centuries, Sepphoris is believed to have been settled by one of the twenty-fourpriestly courses,Jedayah by name, a course mentioned in relation to the town itself in both theJerusalem Talmud (Taanit 4:5) and in theCaesarea Inscription.[48] Others, however, cast doubt about Sepphoris ever being under a "priestly oligarchy" by the third century, and that it may simply reflect a misreading of Talmudic sources.[49]
Aside from being a center of spiritual and religious studies, it developed into a busy metropolis for commerce due to its proximity to important trade routes through Galilee. Hellenistic and Jewish influences seemed blended together in daily town life while each group, Jewish, pagan and Christian, maintained its distinct identity.[50]
In the aftermath of theJewish revolt against Constantius Gallus of 351–352, Diocaesarea, the epicenter of the revolt, was razed.[51]Philostorgius, speaking of these times, wrote: "The Jews of Diocæsarea (Sepphoris) also took up arms and invaded Palestine and the neighboring territories, with the design of shaking off the Roman yoke. On hearing of their insurrection, Gallus Caesar, who was then inAntioch, sent troops against them, defeated them, and destroyed Diocæsarea."[52] Diocaesarea was further affected by theGalilee earthquake of 363,[53] but rebuilt soon afterwards, and retained its importance in the greater Jewish community of Galilee, both socially, commercially, and spiritually.[54]
Towards the end of the 4th century, church father Epiphanius described Sepphoris as predominantly Jewish, a view strongly supported byrabbinic literature, which sheds lights on the town's sages and synagogues.[10] The town was also the center of a Christian bishopric. Three of its early bishops are known by name: Dorotheus (mentioned in 451), Marcellinus (mentioned in 518), and Cyriacus (mentioned in 536).[55][56][57] As a diocese that is no longer residential, it is listed in theAnnuario Pontificio amongtitular sees.[58][59]
Saffuriyya صفورية Suffurriye, Safurriya | |
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 1940sSurvey of Palestine map showing historical Sepphoris (Saffuriyya) in red, just prior to its depopulation inOperation Dekel, relative to the location of modernTzippori. | |
| Palestine grid | 176/239 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Nazareth |
| Date of depopulation | 16 July 1948/January 1949[60] |
| Area | |
• Total | 55,378dunams (55.378 km2; 21.382 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 4,330[62][61] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault byYishuv forces |
| Secondary cause | Expulsion byYishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Tzippori; village land was also distributed between KibbutzSde Nahum, KibbutzHeftziba and KibbutzHaSolelim[60][63]Hoshaya,[64]Alon HaGalil,[64]Chanton[64] |
The fourth century saw Jewish Zippori losing its centrality as the main Jewish city of the Galilee in favour of Tiberias, and its population dwindled away.[4] With theMuslim conquest of the region, a new village rose on the ruins of ancient Zippori/Sepphoris,[4][better source needed] known by the name Saffuriya.[4] Saffuriya's main development occurred during the Mamluk period (13th–16th centuries).[4] Various Islamic dynasties controlled the site, with an interlude during the Crusades, from the 630s and up until World War I.[citation needed]
The ninth-century Islamic scholarYa'qubi noted that Saffuriyyah was taken during the first conquest by the Arab armies in Palestine.[65] in 634.[66] Later, the city[dubious –discuss] was incorporated into the expandingUmayyad Caliphate, and coins were minted in Sepphoris for theJund al-Urdunn by the new rulers.[67] A stone-builtaqueduct dating to the early Umayyad period (7th century CE) has been excavated.[68] Saffuriya was engaged in trade with other parts of the empire at the time; for example, cloaks made in Saffuriyya were worn by people inMedina.[69] Umayyad rule was replaced byAbbasid rule.[28]
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At the end of the 11th century, theFirst Crusade invaded the region and establishedCrusader states, with theKingdom of Jerusalem replacing Muslim rule over Saffuriya. During the Crusader period, Sephoris changed hands several times. The Crusaders built a fort and watchtower atop the hill overlooking the town,[70][71] and a church dedicated toSaint Anne, the mother ofMary, mother of Jesus.[72] This became one of their local bases in the kingdom, and the town was called in Old French:le Saforie orSephoris.[71] In 1187, the field army of the Latin kingdom marched from their well-watered camp at Sephoris to be cut off and destroyed at theBattle of Hattin by theAyyubid sultan,Saladin.
In 1255, the village and its fortifications were back in Crusader hands, as a document from that year shows it belonged to the archbishop ofNazareth,[73] but by 1259, the bishop experienced unrest among the local Muslim farmers.[74]Saffuriyyah was captured between 1263 and 1266 by theMamluk sultanBaybars.[72]
Saffuriya (Arabic:صفورية, alsotransliteratedSafurriya andSuffurriye), came under the rule of theOttoman Empire after it defeated the Mamluks at theBattle of Marj Dabiq in 1516. An Ottomanfirman of 1572 describes Saffuriyya as one of a group of villages within thesanjak of Safad, which was part of theQaysi faction, and that had rebelled against the Ottoman authorities.[75] In 1596, the population was recorded as consisting of 366 families and 34 bachelors, all Muslim. Saffuriyya was larger than neighboring Nazareth but smaller thanKafr Kanna. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 25% on various agricultural products, including wheat, barley, olive trees, goats and beehives, in addition to a press for olive oil or grape syrup and "occasional revenues"; a total of 31,244akçe. 3/24 of the revenuer went to aWaqf.[76] A number of important scholars came from the village during this period,[77] including the historian, poet and juristal-Hasan al-Burini (d. 1615),[78] theqadi (head judge), al-Baq'a al-Saffuri (d. 1625) and the poet and qadi Ahmad al-Sharif (d. 1633).[77]
It is reported that in 1745 Zahir al-Umar, who grew up in the town,[79] built a fort on the hill overlooking Saffuriya.[66] A map fromNapoleon's invasion of 1799 byPierre Jacotin showed the place, named asSafoureh.[80]
In the early 19th century, the British travellerJ. Buckingham noted that all the inhabitants of Saffuriya were Muslim, and that the house of St. Anna had been completely demolished.[66][81]
In the late 19th century, Saffuriyya was described as village built of stone and mud, situated along the slope of a hill. The village contained the remains of the Church of St. Anna and a square tower, said to have been built in the mid-18th century. The village had an estimated 2,500 residents, who cultivated 150faddans (1 faddan = 100–250 dunams), on some of this land they had planted olive trees.[82]
A population list from about 1887 showed that Sepphoris had about 2,940 inhabitants; all Muslims.[83]
In 1900, an elementary school for boys was founded, and later, a school for girls.[66]
Though it lost its centrality and importance as a cultural center under the Ottomans (1517–1918) and theBritish Mandate (1918–1948), the village thrived agriculturally. Saffuriyya'spomegranates,olives andwheat were famous throughout the Galilee.[84]
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According to theBritish Mandate's1922 census of Palestine,Saffuriyeh had 2,582 inhabitants; 2,574 Muslims and 8 Christians,[85] where the Christians were all Roman Catholics.[86]
By the1931 census the population had increased to 3,147; 3,136 Muslims and 11 Christians, in a total of 747 houses.[87] In summer of 1931, archaeologist Leroy Waterman began the first excavations at Saffuriya, digging up part of the school playground, formerly the site of the Crusader fort.[7]
A local council was established in 1923. The expenditure of the council grew from 74 Palestine pound in 1929 to 1,217 in 1944.[66]
In the1945 statistics, the population was 4,330; 4,320 Muslims and 10 Christians,[62] and the total land area was 55,378dunams.[61] By 1948, Saffuriya was the largest village in the Galilee both by land size and population.[88][89]
The land in the area was considered highly fertile.[89] In 1944/45 a total of 21,841dunams of village land was used for cereals, 5,310 dunams were irrigated or used for orchards, mostly olive trees,[66][90] while 102 dunams were classified as built-up land.[91] Multiple olive oil factories were located nearby, and children attended one of two schools, divided by gender.[89]
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The Arab village had a history of anti-Yishuv activities and supported theArab Liberation Army during the1948 Arab–Israeli War.[92] On 1 July 1948, the village was bombarded by Israeli aircraft.[88] On 16 July it was captured by Israeli forces along with the rest of the Lower Galilee inOperation Dekel. The villagers put up some resistance and managed to destroy several armoured cars in an ambush.[93] Following the collapse of the resistance, all but 80 of the villagers fled. Some made their way northwards towardLebanon, finally settling there in the refugee camps ofAin al-Hilweh andShatila and the adjacent Sabra neighborhood. Others fled south to Nazareth and the surrounding countryside. After the attack, the villagers returned but were evicted again in September 1948.[92] On 7 January 1949, 14 residents were deported and the remaining 550 were resettled in neighboring Arab villages such as'Illut.[92]
Many settled in Nazareth in a quarter now known as the al-Safafira quarter because of the large number of Saffuriyya natives living there.[84][89] As the Israeli government considers thempresent absentee, they cannot go back to their old homes and have no legal recourse to recover them.[94]
The works of the poetTaha Muhammad Ali, a native of Saffuriyya expelled from the town, and their relationship to the landscape of Saffuriya before 1948, are the subject ofAdina Hoffman'sMy Happiness Bears No Relation to Happiness (Yale University Press, 2009).
The area remained undermartial law until the general lifting of martial law in Israel in 1966. Most of the remains of Saffuriya were removed in a late-1960s program to clear depopulated Arab villages.[95] The site of the Arab village was planted with pine trees.[88][96] By 2011, five books about the Palestinian village history had been published.[97]
On 20 February 1949, the Israelimoshav ofTzippori was founded southeast of the older village.[88] The pomegranate and olive trees were replaced with crops for cattle fodder.[98]
Saffuriya is among the Palestinian villages for which commemorative Marches of Return have taken place, typically as part ofNakba Day, such as the demonstrations organized by theAssociation for the Defence of the Rights of the Internally Displaced (ADRID).[99]
Much of the town has been excavated, revealing Jewish homes along a main cobblestone street. Several images have been found carved into the stones of the street, including that of amenorah, and another image that resembles some ancient game reminiscent oftic-tac-toe. Stepped pools have been uncovered throughout Sepphoris, and it is generally believed that these may well have been used asMikva'ot, Jewish ritual baths.[100][101]
The Roman theatre sits on the northern slope of the hill, and is about 45 m in diameter, seating 4500. Most of it is carved into the hillside, but some parts are supported by separate stone pillars. The theatre shows evidence of ancient damage, possibly from the earthquake in 363.
A modern structure stands to one side of the excavations, overlooking the remains of a 5th-century public building with a large and intricatemosaic floor. Some believe the room was used for festival rituals involving a celebration of water, and possibly covering the floor in water. Drainage channels have been found in the floor, and the majority of themosaic seems devoted to measuring the floods of theNile, and celebrations of those floods.[102]
A Roman villa, built around the year 200, contains an elaborate mosaic floor in what is believed to have been atriclinium. In Roman tradition, seating would have been arranged in a U-shape around the mosaic for guests to recline as they ate, drank and socialised. The mosaic features images ofDionysus, god of wine and of socialising, along withPan andHercules in several of the 15 panels.[102] The mosaic depicts a wine-drinking contest between Dionysus and Hercules.[103]
The most famous image is that of a young woman, possibly representingVenus, which has been dubbed the "Mona Lisa of the Galilee".[104] Smaller mosaictesserae were used, which allowed for greater detail and a more lifelike result, as seen in the shading and blush of her cheeks.[102]
The remains of a5th-century synagogue have been uncovered in the lower section of the city. Measuring 20.7 meters by 8 meters wide, it was located at the edge of the town. The mosaic floor is divided into seven parts. Near the entrance is a scene showing theangels visitingSarah. The next section shows thebinding of Isaac. There is a largezodiac with the names of the months written in Hebrew. A depiction of the Greeksun godHelios sits in the middle, in his chariot. The last section shows two lions flanking a wreath, their paws resting on the head of an ox.
The mosaic shows the "tamid" sacrifice, theshowbread, and the basket of firstfruits form theTemple in Jerusalem. Also shown are a building facade, probably representing the Temple, incense shovels,shofars, and the seven-branchedmenorah from the Temple. Another section showsAaron dressed in priestly robes preparing to offer sacrifices of oil, flour, a bull and a lamb.
An Aramaic inscription reads "May he be remembered for good Yudan son of Isaac the Priest and Paragri his daughter Amen Amen"[105]
The Crusader fortress on the hill overlooking the Roman theater was built in the 12th century on the foundation of an earlier Byzantine structure. The fortress is a large square structure, 15m x15m, and approximately 10 m. high. The lower portion of the building consists of reused antiquespolia, including asarcophagus with decorative carvings. The upper part of the structure and the doorway were added by Zahir al-Umar in the 18th century. Noticeable features from the rebuilding are the rounded corners which are similar to those constructed under Zahir in the fort inShefa-'Amr. The upper part of the building was used as a school during the reign ofAbdul Hamid II in the early 1900s (late Ottoman era), and used for this purpose until 1948.[106]
Zippori was first excavated by Leory Waterman of University of Michigan in 1931.[107][failed verification]
In 1983, James F. Strange of the University of South Florida conducted a probe of the Crusader fortress at the top and continued excavating until 2010 on the top in Waterman's Villa, uncovering Roman baths, and finally excavating the large administrative building at the corner of the Decumanus and Cardo.[108]
Since 1990 large areas of Zippori have been excavated by an archaeological team working on behalf of theHebrew University's Institute of Archaeology.[109]
In 2012, a survey of the site was conducted by Zidan Omar on behalf of theIsrael Antiquities Authority (IAA).[110] In June 2018, archaeologists discovered two subterranean Byzantine-periodwine presses at Tzippori National Park.[103]
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