Anthedon (Palestine): what Wikipedia removed
Anthedon is an ancient Hellenistic city near Gaza and a UNESCO-designated historical site. In 2015 the opening reported that ‘In 2013, Hamas bulldozed part of it in order to build a “terrorist training camp”.’ Today the opening covers only the ancient and classical history of the site, with the 2013 Hamas demolition and the terrorist training camp gone, though terror survives twice elsewhere in the article. A reader today learns how Anthedon’s Roman and Herodian rulers renamed the city, not that Hamas bulldozed part of the UNESCO-designated ancient site in 2013 to build a terrorist training camp.
The word “terror” appeared 2 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2015. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 2. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.
The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot
Section titled “The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot”| word | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| terror | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.
What was taken out
Section titled “What was taken out”- The opening’s basic identification of Anthedon as a Hellenistic city near Gaza survives, reworded into the current opening.
- The sentence reporting that Hamas bulldozed part of the site in 2013 to build a terrorist training camp is gone from the opening.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 362059308):
You may be looking for Anthedon (mythology) . Anthedon was also a Hellenistic city near Gaza and is a titular see of the Catholic Church. ^ Ascalon, Gaza, Negev and Sinai , the Madaba Mosaic Map ^ Anthedon (Titular See)
2025 (revision 1297126486):
Hellenistic city near Gaza For other uses, see Anthedon . Anthedon ( Ancient Greek : Ἀνθηδών , lit. ’ Flower City ’ ), also referred to as Al-Balakhiyya , was a Hellenistic city near Gaza . It was first mentioned by Josephus as a city conquered by Alexander Jannaeus alongside Raphia. Pompey removed it from Jewish rule during his conquest of Judaea. Gabinius re-founded and repopulated the city, and later, Augustus incorporated Anthedon into Herod’s realm , along with other coastal cities. Herod renamed it Agrippias or Agrippeion in honor of Agrippa , but the name did not endure. Anthedon’s status between Herod’s death and the First Jewish–Roman War is uncertain, but it may have become imperia…
Related
Section titled “Related”- The drift report: what changed across all 61,944 watched articles
- The case file for this article, with every snapshot and every marked removal
- Who made the cuts: removals grouped by the account that made them
- The live article on Wikipedia
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