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October 1, 2015

The Tomb of the Maccabees, Found at Last?

Archaeologists are reviving a 145-year-old hypothesis.

According to ancient sources, the burial site of the heroes of the Hanukkah story was marked with imposing stone pyramids. A 19th-century French archaeologist thought he had discovered the tomb at a site known as Horvat ha-Gardi, but his conclusion was soon called into question. Now, writes Robin Ngo, modern archaeologists are revisiting his work:

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