This Week in the Ancient Near East

Hezekiah Gets His Grooves Off, Or, Cult Consolidator or Cost Cutter?


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Newly published excavations of cultic rooms cut into the living rock of the City of David have us asking questions. Why are there big grooves cut in the floor? Who was crushing olives and/or grapes and for what? Why was the standing stone so skinny? And why did Hezekiah put this funky little place out of business? Spring cleaning or something else?

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