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Antipatris

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Antipatris

Antipatris (Hebrew: אנטיפטריס‎‎, Ancient Greek: Αντιπατρίς) was a city built during the first century BC by Herod the Great, who named it in honour of his father, Antipater. The site, now a national park in central Israel, was inhabited from the Chalcolithic Period to the late Roman Period.[2] The remains of Antipatris are known today as Tel Afek (Hebrew: תל אפק‎‎). It has been identified as biblical Aphek, best known from the story of the Battle of Aphek. During the Crusader Period the site was known as Surdi fontes, "Silent springs". The Ottoman fortress known as Binar Bashi was built there in the 16th century.

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