Temple at Tel Arad (jan 1, 950 BC – jan 1, 700 BC)
Description:
The only temple in the Kingdom of Judah to have been excavated by archaeologists - this was the local temple for the city in which it was found, and such local temples were likely common. In the Tanakh local sites of worship are called "bamot" meaning "high places."Inscriptions found at the site refer to this as a "House of YHWH".
The remains of insence were found on the altar.
Seems to have been intentionally buried which could correspond to the bibilical King Hezekiah's attempts to centralize worship in Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem documented in the Book of Kings in the Tanakh.
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Date:
jan 1, 950 BC
jan 1, 700 BC
~ 250 years