Other Archaeological Sites / The Neolithic of the Levant (500 Page Book Online) McDonald Ancient Near East Book Auction Ad Infinitum Ancient Kadesh Ancient Kadesh is a tell site on the River Orontes southwest of Homs in Syria. Occupied from the 3rd millennium BC it is best known as the site of a battle between the Egyptians under Ramses II and the Hittites in 1286 BC. The outcome seems to have been inconclusive; the Egyptians claimed victory but if anything the battle may have favoured the Hittites and facilitated peace between the two nations ..... (AHSFC) Tel Kadesh is about 22 miles north of Tiberias. It was first occupied during the Bronze and Iron Ages then again in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. In the Bible Joshua names Kadesh as a city of refuge for those who accidentally cause the death of another (Joshua 20:7). According to 1 Maccabees 11:73 it was the site of a siege during the rise of the Hasmoneans and Josephus writes about Kadesh in Antiquities of the Jews and The Jewish War. Past finds include a house with objects strewn about the floor, apparently abandoned during the battle between Jonathan the Hasmonean and the Seleucid King Demetrius. Excavators discovered a cache of nearly 2000 Hellenistic bullae in the corner of an enormous building, likely an administrative archive. Also unearthed was destruction debris associated with the battle between Jonathan and Demetrius ..... (BAS)
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