Archelaïs ( Ancient Greek: Ἀρχελαΐς) [1] was a town in the Roman province of Judaea/ Palaestina, corresponding to modern Khirbet el-Beiyudat (also spelled Khirbat al-Bayudat). It was founded by Herod the Great's son Archelaus [2] to house workers for his date plantation in the Jericho area. [3] It is represented on the Madaba mosaic map with a towered entrance flanked by two other towers. [4]
Archelaïs was located about 7.5 miles north of Jericho, on the road leading to Scythopolis. [5]
Archelais was founded by Archelaus, son of Herod the Great and ethnarch of Judea, Samaria, and Idumea. Salome bequeathed it to Livia in her will. [5]
Agrippa I, king of Judaea in the early 40s CE, established a road station at Archelais. [5]
In Christian times, the town became a bishopric. The names of two of its bishops: Timotheus, who took part in two anti- Eutyches synods held in Constantinople in 448 and 449, and Antiochus, who was at the Council of Chalcedon in 451. [6] [7]
No longer a residential bishopric, Archelaïs is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see. [8]
Inscriptions on the floor of a church discovered among the ruins of the town indicate that it was paved with Byzantine mosaics during the 560s. [9] [10]
Archelaïs is identified with Khirbet el-Beiyudat, [5] an archaeological site, standing at the northern outskirts of the Palestinian West Bank town of al-Auja (31°57′58″N 35°28′18″E). The site is gradually being covered by modern construction and devastated by treasure hunters. [11] [12]
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Archelaïs ( Ancient Greek: Ἀρχελαΐς) [1] was a town in the Roman province of Judaea/ Palaestina, corresponding to modern Khirbet el-Beiyudat (also spelled Khirbat al-Bayudat). It was founded by Herod the Great's son Archelaus [2] to house workers for his date plantation in the Jericho area. [3] It is represented on the Madaba mosaic map with a towered entrance flanked by two other towers. [4]
Archelaïs was located about 7.5 miles north of Jericho, on the road leading to Scythopolis. [5]
Archelais was founded by Archelaus, son of Herod the Great and ethnarch of Judea, Samaria, and Idumea. Salome bequeathed it to Livia in her will. [5]
Agrippa I, king of Judaea in the early 40s CE, established a road station at Archelais. [5]
In Christian times, the town became a bishopric. The names of two of its bishops: Timotheus, who took part in two anti- Eutyches synods held in Constantinople in 448 and 449, and Antiochus, who was at the Council of Chalcedon in 451. [6] [7]
No longer a residential bishopric, Archelaïs is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see. [8]
Inscriptions on the floor of a church discovered among the ruins of the town indicate that it was paved with Byzantine mosaics during the 560s. [9] [10]
Archelaïs is identified with Khirbet el-Beiyudat, [5] an archaeological site, standing at the northern outskirts of the Palestinian West Bank town of al-Auja (31°57′58″N 35°28′18″E). The site is gradually being covered by modern construction and devastated by treasure hunters. [11] [12]
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