Biblical city
Lachish
Tel Lachish, Israel · Judean lowlands
The second city of Judah, Lachish fell to Sennacherib in 701 BC, a siege depicted in Assyrian palace reliefs, and again to Babylon. The Lachish letters, ostraca from its final days, are among the most vivid finds from the era of Jeremiah.
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