Yavneh-Yam Greeks and Jews in Maccabean Times: Adaptation, Assimilation, and Resistance

Yavneh-Yam, ancient Iamneia-on-the-sea, is located between Jaffa and Ashdod on the coastal plain of Judea. Since 1992 nine seasons of excavations have been carried out by the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University, under the direction of Dr. Fischer, uncovering remains from the mid-second millennium BCE to the Early Islamic period (11-12 c. CE)….Continue Reading Yavneh-Yam Greeks and Jews in Maccabean Times: Adaptation, Assimilation, and Resistance