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Karkemish

Karkemish


‎The village in northern Syria is literally attested since the 3rd millennium BCE. It features remarkable buildings, sculptures, and inscriptions for the period of about 1000–600 BCE. In 717 BCE, it was conquered by the Assyrians, and Nebuchadnezzar defeated here the Egyptian army of pharaoh Necho II in 605 BCE. The picture shows the settlement mound from afar.
‎2 Chron 35:20; Isa 10:9; Jer 46:2

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