🧿 Mesad Hashavyahu

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Meṣad Hashavyahu is an ancient fortress on the border of the Iron Age Kingdom of Judah facing the Philistine city of Ashdod near the Mediterranean Sea. An artifact dubbed the Yavne-Yam ostracon was discovered in the Meṣad Hashavyahu excavations in 1960.

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Mesad Hashavyahu is located in Israel, in Asia.

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