After decades of digs and researches, Israeli archaeologists announced that they found the location of the Akra, a fortified Hellenistic citadel which was erected in Jerusalem by the Seleucid conquerors, after they first destroyed the city in 168 BC.

During recent months, excavations in a parking lot on the outskirts of the Old City of Jerusalem, revealed the remains of fortifications, weapons, ceramics and coins from the Hellenistic era. The catapults at the site were engraved with a pitchfork, the emblem of King Antiochus IV.

The Israel Antiquities Authority revealed the findings calling them “sensational”.