New Discoveries from Mazor

Oct. 26 th , 2016,

Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies, Boston University
Speakers: Yehiel Zelinger (Israel Antiquities Authority), Donald Ariel (Israel Antiquities Authority), and Gerald Finkielsztejn (Israel Antiquites Authority)

IAA archaeologist Yehiel Zelinger and colleagues present results from the excavations at Mazor, a wealthy rural estate in the hills north of Mode’in that—like several other sites throughout the land—was destroyed and abandoned suddenly around 144/143 BCE.