The name of the new brigade derives from the ancient Hashmonaim, who were also known as the Maccabees. They rebelled against the Greek occupiers of Israel during the Second Temple period and saved ...

We are here today, in fact, the entire western world from the Americas to Europe, to Africa and the Mideast and even far east Asia, thanks to the vision and heroism of the Maccabee warriors of old ...

which is the victory of the Maccabees over the oppressive Syrian Greeks and their ability to rededicate the ancient Jewish temple in Jerusalem to Jewish worship,” said Rabbi Robert Morais ...

Here is an ancient Roman road leading to Damascus and ... Over two thousand years later the descendants of the Maccabees once again stand watch. In the days of the Seleucid Empire, Israel existed ...

Waves of human migration across Europe during the first millennium AD have been revealed using a more precise method of analysing ancestry with ancient DNA, in research co-led by a UCL and Francis ...

Then you and your family shall be numbered among the king’s friends, and you and your sons shall be honoured with silver, with gold, and with all manner of gifts” (1 Maccabees 2:17).

Ancient DNA unlocks new understanding of migrations in the first millennium AD. ScienceDaily . Retrieved January 25, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 01 / 250101132012.htm ...

Ancient Coins Date Back to About 80 BCE Each ancient coin ... Notably, King Alexander Jannaeus descended from the leaders of the Maccabean Revolt. In 164 BCE, the Maccabees captured Jerusalem from the ...

The birthday of God (even if you are a non-believer) in 1 CE is objectively speaking a much bigger deal than the re-dedication by the victorious Maccabees ... with the ancient temple and Winter ...

The Hasmonean kingdom – named after Hasmon, a distant ancestor of the Maccabees – lost its independence to the Romans in 63 BCE, and Roman governors later ruled directly over Judea.

I’ve often described the soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces as “modern-day Maccabees,” invoking the larger-than-life image of the Chanukah superheroes as a way to compliment today’s ...

The holiday marks an ancient victory and a holy miracle — when just one days’ worth of oil left in the Second Temple, in Jerusalem, which had just been reclaimed by the Maccabees, lasted for eight ...