A newly discovered sling stone in Israel that tells the story of war, blood shed and death some 2,000 years ago provides more evidence of the Hanukkah story. Hanukkah, an eight-day Jewish celebration, honors the rededication during the second century BC of the Second Temple in Jerusalem , where Jews rose up against their Greek-Syrian oppressors in the Maccabean Revolt. The stone features the name Diodotus Tryphon, an ancient Greek king who reigned over the Seleucid Empire between 142 and 138 BC. Tryphon is said to have executed Jonathan, one of Mattathias' sons, who was Judah Maccabee's successor as leader...
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