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LACHISH 

Skull fragment found at Lachish

City, Palace, Temple

There's a mass grave with 1,500 human skeletons, mostly women and children, near ancient Lachish.
Who were they? How did they die?  Read more...


Body armor worn by auxilliary army soldiers

Siege of Lachish

You can stand at the foot of this buttressed wall and imagine the soldiers running back and forth as the situation becomes desperate. Read more...


Weapons from the Canaanite period

Battle at Lachish

Ancient weapons: Slingmen were particularly effective in attacks on a city, since they could aim their stones at a high angle up steep slopes. Read more...

 


A savage, snarling dog

Bible Study Guide: Lachish

'Be' a person at the Siege of Lachish: one of the besieged citizens, an invading soldier, or just an observer. Explain what happens, as you see it. Read more...


A drawing of Sennacherib based on the relief carving at Nineveh

Lachish Resources

'King Hezekiah of Judah stripped the gold from the doors of the temple of the Lord and from the doorposts that he overlaid and gave it to the king of Assyria.' Read more...


Wall relief showing slingers at Lachish

Lachish Photo Gallery

 


Signpost

Maps of ancient Lachish