A large stone on which eight letters are engraved, furnishing official documents dating to the days of King Antiochus III, a Syrian ruler who reigned between 223 to 183 B. C. E., has been dug up ...

This is “the second most common coin type from the Seleucids,” he said, and is only outnumbered by coins minted by Antiochus III, Antiochus IV’s father. Because the Tower of David isn’t an ...

In the first century B.C, King Antiochus I of Commagene built a sanctuary unlike any of his predecessors. His unexplored tomb at Nemrut Dağ may show us more about death and worship in ancient Turkey.

Antiochus was close to achieving the long-time Seleucid goal of recreating the empire of Alexander the Great. He and his predecessors had annexed Turkey, Mesopotamia, Persia and parts of India.

Eliyahu Yannai, City of David National Park Believed to have been introduced by Antiochus IV himself, researchers propose that the Seleucid king’s representatives disseminated the knowledge and ...

In this work, military historian Taylor treats Antiochus III the Great (r. 222 BC-187 BC), who inherited the throne of a declining Seleucid Empire at about age 18 or 19, and quickly proved one of the ...

The historical significance of the tiles comes from their ceramic style, which was likely brought to Israel by representatives of the Greek Seleucid king Antiochus IV—the ruler from the story of ...