in 168 BCE. The name Acra was also used at a later time for a city quarter probably associated with the by-then destroyed fortress, known in his time to...

bacteria Acra (fortress) (2nd century BC), a Seleucid fortified compound in Jerusalem; late Second Temple residential area in Jerusalem Ptolemaic Acra or Ptolemaic...

center of old Jerusalem. It is believed that it is the remnants of the Acra fortress. The team also found coins that date from the time of Antiochus IV to...

Akra may refer to: Acra (fortress), a Seleucid fortress in Jerusalem Akra, hamlet in Greene County (see Cairo, New York) where Jack "Legs" Diamond is rumored...

similar concept in ancient Greek architecture For the Jerusalem Ophel Acra (fortress) Desert castles: Umayyad qasr-type palaces including Qasr al-Minya and...

Quarter, demolished in 1967 Temple denial Associated sites and digs Acra (fortress) City of David (Silwan) Ancient city walls around the City of David...

The Antonia Fortress (Aramaic: קצטרא דאנטוניה) was a citadel built by Herod the Great and named for Herod's patron Mark Antony, as a fortress whose chief...

AKKRA may refer to: Accra, the capital city of Ghana Acra (fortress) in Jerusalem during the Hellenistic period Aqrah, city of Iraq Akkra, a type of fritter...

photo of Southern Wall (2013) Archaeology of Israel Robinson's Arch Acra (fortress) Monastery of the Virgins, Byzantine, in the Ophel area Walls of Jerusalem...

control of part of Jerusalem, while the Seleucids retain control of the Acra (fortress) in the city and most surrounding areas. 160 BCE: The Seleucids retake...