Maresha - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Maresha - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Tel Maresha () is the tell (archaeological mound) of the biblical Iron Age city of Maresha, and of the subsequent, post-586 BCE Idumean city known by its Hellenised name Marisa, Arabised as Marissa (ماريسا).The Interpreter's Bible,1956, Abingdon Press, Volume VI, page 897 The tell is situated in Israel's Shephelah region, i.e. in the foothills of the Judaean Mountains, about southeast of Beit Gubrin. Read more on Wikipedia
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