Hasmonean Judea

thumb|The Sanhedrin, from an 1883 encyclopedia

Jewish monarchy in Judea and surrounding regions during the Second Temple period (140–37 BCE)

Yavne-Yam (, also spelled Yavneh-Yam, literally Yavne-Sea) or Minet Rubin (Arabic, literally Port of Rubin, referring to biblical Reuben; ) is an archaeological site located on Israel's Southern Coastal Plain, about 15 km south of Tel Aviv. Built on eolianite hills next to a small promontory forming the sole anchorage able to provide shelter to seagoing vessels between Jaffa and the Sinai, Yavne-Yam is notable for its role as the port of ancient Yavne. Excavations carried out by Tel Aviv University since 1992 have revealed continuous habitation from the second millennium BCE up to the Mid

form of Jewish Palestinian Aramaic spoken by people in Galilee during the late Second Temple period

ancient city, home of the Maccabees