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| Title: Mqwmh sl mrwt - yyswb mbwsr bgbwl hglyl (The location of Meroth - A Fortified Settlement on the Galilee Border) Secondary Title: Qadmoniot Volume: 16 Pages: 83-85 Type: Journal Article Year: 1983 Abstract: "The identification of the fortified Jewish settlement of Meroth (or Mero), mentioned by Josephus in War 2:574, has long been a problem. The two leading candidates are without archaeological proof: the remains at Marun al-Ras date exclusively from the late Roman period, and Meiron lacks a fortification wall. A more likely candidate is Khirbet Maros, on the road between Hazor and Alma; its name is continuous with Meroth. A 1982 survey of the site shows that it had a wall about one meter thick made of large stones, a ditch twenty-five to forty meters wide, and various wells. It also contains the ruins of a synagogue oriented north-south with parallel rows of columns inside and a portico outside. Architectural features indicate that the structure was typical of Galilean synagogues. The ceramic finds date from the 1st century A.D. to the Ottoman period, but excavation will be needed to determine whether Khirbet Maros was occupied before the Jewish War". - A.J.S. Keywords: Archaeology, topography, local and regional history |