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  • Thumbnail for Sarafand al-Kharab
    PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) noted the village on their maps as Khurbet Surafend, and described the archeological remains at the place as being...
    16 KB (1,384 words) - 21:16, 23 April 2024
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    Gaza district. In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine noted at Khurbet el Mukheizin: "A large well and birkeh (=artificial pool), of masonry....
    9 KB (614 words) - 13:47, 1 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Al-Jaladiyya
    Al-Jaladiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 8, 1948, by the Giv'ati...
    9 KB (558 words) - 14:09, 1 February 2024
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    Ein Hemed (redirect from Khurbet Ikbala)
    Deir el-Benat, also spelled Dayr al-Banat, "convent of the maidens" and "Khurbet Ikbala", interpreted at the time to mean "The ruin of prosperity"; perhaps...
    12 KB (1,054 words) - 09:10, 4 March 2024
  • The Judea and Samaria Area (Hebrew: אֵזוֹר יְהוּדָה וְשׁוֹמְרוֹן, romanized: Ezor Yehuda VeShomron; Arabic: يهودا والسامرة, romanized: Yahūda wa-s-Sāmara)...
    22 KB (1,891 words) - 14:51, 25 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Balqa Governorate
    Balqa' (Arabic: البلقاء Al Balqā’) is one of the governorates of Jordan. It is located northwest of Amman, Jordan's capital. The governorate has the fourth...
    8 KB (405 words) - 19:46, 22 February 2024
  • Deir Razih (redirect from Khurbet Deir Razi)
    Deir Razih (Arabic: دير رازح) is a Palestinian village in the southern West Bank located 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) southwest of Hebron, in the Hebron Governorate...
    10 KB (694 words) - 00:41, 20 April 2024
  • Tarrama (redirect from Khurbet Terrama)
    Palestine (SWP) noted of Khurbet Terrama: "This ruin, not on the map, was found by Guerin about half an hour north of Khurbet Deir Razi. It was on the...
    9 KB (700 words) - 00:37, 20 April 2024
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    Beit Liqya (redirect from Khurbet el Likiye)
    Beit Liqya (Arabic: بيت لقيا) is a Palestinian town located in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian...
    21 KB (1,744 words) - 20:33, 6 May 2024
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    Selamin (redirect from Khurbet Sallama)
    Σελάμην), also known as Tzalmon, Selame, Salamis / Salamin, Zalmon, and Khurbet es Salâmeh (the Ruin of Salameh), was a Jewish village in Lower Galilee...
    16 KB (1,722 words) - 00:57, 12 September 2023
  • Thumbnail for Tur Shimon
    Tur Shimon (redirect from Khurbet Sammunieh)
    ruined village of Deir esh Sheikh. Before us was a notable peaked knoll of Khurbet Sammûnieh, a conspicuous feature of the view, etc. …[the slopes] to the...
    11 KB (1,214 words) - 23:10, 7 January 2024
  • Gerasa (Judaea) was an ancient Jewish town mentioned by the historian Josephus (The Jewish War, 4.9.1) as being sacked by the Imperial Roman army under...
    14 KB (1,705 words) - 18:21, 14 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Jaffa
    Jaffa (redirect from Khurbet Hadrah)
    Jaffa (Hebrew: יָפוֹ, romanized: Yāfō, pronounced [jaˈfo] ; Arabic: يَافَا, romanized: Yāfā, pronounced [ˈjaːfaː]), also called Japho or Joppa in English...
    96 KB (11,093 words) - 07:05, 16 May 2024
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    Rebbo (redirect from Khurbet Rubba)
    רִבּוֹא, lit. "Rebbo ruins"), alternative spellings: Robbo, Ribbo; in Arabic Khurbet Rubba (lit. "Rubba ruins"), is an ancient site in Israel, mentioned by...
    11 KB (1,170 words) - 11:55, 2 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Khirbet Kurkush
    Khirbet Kurkush (Arabic: خربة قرقش) is an archeological site in the West Bank. It lies between the Israeli settlements of Bruchin and Ariel and near the...
    12 KB (1,365 words) - 13:02, 16 May 2024