persian era stone column base at tel lachish in israel

acres ancient antiquities archaeology assyrian babylonian base bce biblical canaanite centuries city column conquest dunam east eighth era first fortified fortress gat hezekiah historic historical history holy important israel jewish judah king kingdom kiryat lachish lakhish land middle most national near ninth palace park period persian region richerson royal ruins sarit second shefelah significant site southern stone tel temple three touring tourism trail travel walls