- and
buried in a cave to the west of the tower. He
named the
third tower Hippicus after one of his friends. Of the
three towers, only the base of one of...
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refuge in case of danger.
These he
called after people close to him –
Hippicus after a friend,
Phasael after his brother, and
Mariamne after his favourite...
- the
Phasael Tower or the
Hippicus Tower described by the
ancient Jewish historian Josephus. The
towers named Phasael,
Hippicus and
Mariamne were situated...
- and
Hippicus Tower. The
theory that the
still extant stump corresponds to
Phasael Tower is
contested by
Hillel Geva, who
identifies it with
Hippicus Tower...
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Jerusalem Model,
Palace of
Herod the Great, The
three towers: Phasael,
Hippicus,
Mariamne from left to right...
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standing as they were of the
greatest eminence; that is, Phasaelus, and
Hippicus, and Mariamne; and so much of the wall
enclosed the city on the west side...
-
towers standing as were of the
greatest eminence; that is, Phasael, and
Hippicus, and Mariamme, and so much of the wall as
enclosed the city on the west...
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August 2021. Geva,
Hillel (1981). "The 'Tower of David'—Phasael or
Hippicus?".
Israel Exploration Journal. 31 (1/2): 57–65. JSTOR 27925783.
While biblical...
-
unearthed in the
Jewish quarter. The wall
stretched from the
Tower of
Hippicus (near the site of the
modern Tower of David)
eastward toward the Temple...
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razed to the ground, "leaving only the
loftiest of the towers, Phasael,
Hippicus and Mariamme, and the
portion of the wall
enclosing the city on the west:...
