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Qubeiba in Wikipedia

al-Qubayba (also: Qubeiba, Arabic: القبيبة‎) was a Palestinian village, located 24 kilometers northwest of Hebron. History Known in Crusader times as Deirelcobebe, the ruins of the ancient Canaanite city of Lachish lay adjacent to the village,[4] which was subject to extensive archaeological excavations by the British Mandatory authorities i...

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Sepphoris in Wikipedia

Tzippori (Hebrew: צִפּוֹרִי, ציפורי‎), also known as Sepphoris, Dioceserea and Saffuriya (Arabic: صفورية‎, also transliterated Safurriya and Suffurriye) is located in the central Galilee region, 6 kilometers (4 mi) north-northwest of Nazareth, in modern-day Israel.[1] The site holds a rich and diverse historical and architectural legacy that inc...

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Tel Balata in Wikipedia

Tell Balata (Arabic: تل بلاطة‎) is the site of the remains of an ancient city located in the Palestinian city of Nablus in the West Bank.[1] The site is listed by UNESCO as part of the Inventory of Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites of Potential Outstanding Universal Value in the Palestinian Territories.[1] Experts estimate that the towers and ...

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Nabi Samwil in Wikipedia

An-Nabi Samwil also al-Nabi Samuil (Arabic: النبي صموئيل‎ an- Nabi Samwil, translit: "the prophet Samuel") is a Palestinian village of nearly 220 inhabitants in the West Bank, within the Jerusalem Governorate, located four kilometers north of Jerusalem. The village consists of a few houses and in addition to serving worshipers, its mosque acts...

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Ramat Hanadiv in Wikipedia

Ramat HaNadiv (Hebrew: רמת הנדיב‎, Heights of the Benefactor, also known as Umm el-'Aleq ["Mother of leeches"] in Arabic) is a nature park and gardens in northern Israel, covering 4.5 kilometers at the southern end of Mount Carmel between Zichron Ya'akov to the north and Binyamina to the south.[1] The Jewish National Fund planted pine and cypr...

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Shiloh in Wikipedia

Shiloh was an ancient biblical city located north of Beth El in the West Bank.[1] The Biblical Period -- The site of ancient Shiloh, a city in the Ephraim hill-country and the religious capital of Israel in the time of the Judges, is situated north of Beth-El, east of the Beth El-Shechem highway and south of Lebonah in the hill-country of Ephrai...

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Tel Beer Sheva in Wikipedia

Tel Be'er Sheva (Hebrew: תל באר שבע‎) is an archeological site in southern Israel believed to be the remains of the biblical town of Be'er Sheva [1] The modern town of Beersheba is situated west of the tel. The Bedouin town of Tel Sheva lies to the east. The town is mentioned numerous times in the Tanakh, often as a means of describing the ext...

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Nablus in Wikipedia

Nablus (sometimes Nābulus; Arabic: نابلس‎ [næːblʊs] ( listen); Hebrew: שכם‎ Šəḵem; Biblical Shechem) is a Palestinian city in the northern West Bank, approximately 63 kilometers (39 mi) north of Jerusalem, with a population of 126,132.[1] Located in a strategic position between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, it is the capital of the Nablus Governo...

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Ramla in Wikipedia

Ramla (Hebrew: רַמְלָה‎ Ramlāh; Arabic: الرملة‎ ar-Ramlah, also Ramlah,[2] Ramle, Remle and sometimes Rama), is a city in central Israel. The city is predominantly Jewish with a significant Arab minority. Ramla was founded circa 705–715 AD by the Umayyad Caliph Suleiman ibn Abed al-Malik after the Arab conquest of the region. Ramla lays along ...

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Shivta in Wikipedia

Shivta or Sobota or Subeitah or Subaytah (Hebrew: שבטה‎), is an archaeological site in the Negev Desert of Israel, east of Nitzana. It is now the Israeli Artillery Corps main training facility. Long considered a classic Nabataean town and terminal on the ancient spice route, archaeologists are now considering the possibility that the town was ...

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