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THE BIBLE UNEARTHED: THE MAKING OF A RELIGION -- ILLUSTRATED SCREENPLAY & SCREENCAP GALLERY |
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Today, Lachish is an artificial tel, or mound. In the 8th Century B.C., it was one of Judah's administrative capitals, and the site of A MEMORABLE BATTLE.
Evacuations carried out along its fortifications, have revealed evidence of a violent confrontation.
David Ussishkin, who heads the excavations,
is a professor of archaeology at the Tel Aviv University.
[David Ussishkin, Tel Aviv University] The Assyrians, when they came to Judah,
Sennacherib came to Lachish.
He didn't go to Jerusalem.
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