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Who are the Samaritans? Washington exhibit to showcase the biblical people

The groundbreaking exhibition The Samaritans: A Biblical People will open on September 16.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Members of the Samaritan sect take part in a traditional pilgrimage marking the holiday of Shavuot, atop Mount Gerizim
MEMBERS OF the Samaritan community pray atop Mount Gerizim at sunrise during a service marking the end of Passover.

Destruction of the Temple: On Mount Gerizim

The tragedy is that the Samaritans could not be integrated into the Jewish people as a whole. But it was they who refused.

|ByELI KAVON
THE REMAINS OF an entire ancient Samaritan dwelling from the early Hellenistic period recently opened to the public by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority on Mount Gerizim are in surprisingly good shape.

The Samaritan connection to Mount Gerizim restoration, conservation

ARCHAEOLOGICAL AFFAIRS: Early Hellenistic period dwelling opened to visitors • Samaritan community has mixed feelings about park on its holy mountain

|ByJUDITH SUDILOVSKY
Ancient Samaritan oil lap discovered during conservation work on Mount Gerizim.

Ancient Samaritan oil lamp discovered during work on Mount Gerizim

The lamp was discovered while workers were clearing out an area around the stone bath from debris by hand.

|ByJUDITH SUDILOVSKY