Caesarea's Temple Hill
The Archaeology of Sacred Space in an Ancient Mediterranean City
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4587689 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kenneth G Holum (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 184-199 |
| Publication date | 2004-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Near Eastern Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1094-2076 • E-ISSN: 1557-5594 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/4132386 |
| OpenAlex | W1965410713 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 1 |
Some places seem furnished by nature with holiness, like the Temple of Apollo at Delphi in central Greece. For other places that lack inherent holiness or natural charm, a sense of the sacred must be manufactured. Just as the holiness of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem was "socially constructed," so too, at Caesarea Maritima on the Mediterranean coast of Israel, King Herod at the end of the first century BCE built a magnificent temple dedicated to Caesar Augustus and the goddess Roma. Situated on a simple promontory, the pagan sanctuary dominated the horizon from both land and sea. In this article, the excavator of this impressive structure describes its history from its contruction through the Crusader period
Ancient history · Apollo · Archaeology · Art · Mediterranean climate · Mount · Temple · Treasure · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |