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'''Caphethra''' (Kfar Atra) was a village or small city in Upper [[Idumea]].
 
==Overview==
 
Caphethra is mentioned by [[Josephus]] as one of fortified places taken by Roman military commander [[Cerialis]] during the [[Jewish War]] in the summer 69.
 
==Caphethra in ancient sources==
 
*See [[Caphethra (sources)]]
 
==Caphethra in scholarship==
 
The site was excavated and identified in the early 2000s by [[Amir Ganor]], head of the Antiquities Authority's Unit for Prevention of Theft, and archaeologist [[Boaz Zissu]].
 
==Caphethra in literature and the arts==
 
==References==
 
==External links==
 
*[ Wikipedia]




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