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Photos Bethar (last stand of Bar Kochba)
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As far as I am aware, Jona, the site is fairly unphotogenic.
I have only ever seen a vertical air photograph, which I think was reproduced in Kennedy & Riley.

The site has never been excavated, but (as far as I remember) Dan Ussishkin field-walked the area in the 1990s. He kindly supplied a photo of sling bullets from the site for my Siege Warfare in the Roman World (Osprey, 2005), p. 46.

You could probably obtain a photo of the site from one of our Israeli colleagues, but it wouldn't show up any archaeology. (And, if I remember correctly, it has been under pressure from neighbouring developments, so it may well be built over. This is from memory, only -- I hope I am wrong!)
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Re: Photos Bethar (last stand of Bar Kochba) - by D B Campbell - 07-07-2006, 06:55 PM

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