Talk:Horvat 'Eqed

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 16:49, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

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A fortified gate dating from the 2nd century BC at Horvat 'Eqed, possibly built by Seleucid general Bacchides

• ... that the fortifications of Horvat ’Eqed may have been constructed by the Seleucid general Bacchides as part of his efforts to suppress the Maccabean Revolt? Source: Hizmi, Hananya; Haber, Michal; Aharonvich, Evgeny (2013). "From the Maccabees to Bar Kokhba: Evidence of Fortification and Revolt at Khirbet el-'Aqd: The Results of the Renewed 2012 Excavations". New Studies in the Archaeology of Jerusalem. 7: 6–24.
  • ALT1: ... that Horvat ’Eqed, a fortified ruin nestled in the Judaean Mountains, may have served as a major stronghold during the Bar Kokhba revolt? Source: Hizmi, Hananya; Haber, Michal; Aharonvich, Evgeny (2013). "From the Maccabees to Bar Kokhba: Evidence of Fortification and Revolt at Khirbet el-'Aqd: The Results of the Renewed 2012 Excavations". New Studies in the Archaeology of Jerusalem. 7: 6–24.
  • ALT2: ... that excavations at Horvat ’Eqed uncovered coinage and hiding complexes dating from the Bar Kokhba revolt, as well as arrowheads, armor scales, slingshots, and ballistae? Source: Hizmi, Hananya; Haber, Michal; Aharonvich, Evgeny (2013). "From the Maccabees to Bar Kokhba: Evidence of Fortification and Revolt at Khirbet el-'Aqd: The Results of the Renewed 2012 Excavations". New Studies in the Archaeology of Jerusalem. 7: 6–24.
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Mariamnei (talk) 20:17, 19 April 2024 (UTC).

• Leaning towards ALT2 for the Main Page. Wishing you luck (and peace) soon. --Slgrandson (How's my egg-throwing coleslaw?) 06:40, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

Got another way of putting "strategic significance in ancient times"? ("Ancient times" is too nebulous to be of much encyclopedic use anyway.)--Launchballer 16:51, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

Location

The article says it is in "central Israel located midway between Jerusalem and Jaffa". But it is located east of the Green Line, so it is presumably in the disputed West Bank, even though it is west of the West Bank Wall and occupied by the Israeli military. --Macrakis (talk) 17:10, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Where do sources say it is west of the West Bank Wall and east of the Green Line? This would seem an important bit to put in the article. --GRuban (talk) 18:35, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Horvat 'Eqed / Khirbet el-'Aqd is in the Latrun salient, about 1.6 km from the former village of Imwas (calculated from the coordinates in the articles), which was razed and ethnically cleansed by Israeli forces in 1967. There is more detail in the Canada Park article. The Latrun salient article has a map showing the position of Green Line and the West Wall Bank; there's also File:West Bank Access Restrictions June 2020.pdf. --Macrakis (talk) 19:19, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

It is also listed in Israeli Archaeological Activity in the West Bank 1967-2007 by Raphael Greenberg and Adi Keinan, p. 73-74; they call the West Bank "an area of vital historical importance that is internationally defined as occupied Palestinian territory." (p. 1) --Macrakis (talk) 19:29, 21 May 2024 (UTC)