Where is kerioth

A closer look on the ruins is seen in the next photo. The north side of the town is built along the southern bank of the valley of Nahal Adasha Wadi el-Akud. Our drone captured this aerial view from the west side. The site covers a large area, parallel to the modern road. The ruins of the church are located on its north west side.

The site has not been excavated yet, except for the church on its northwest side. Its ruins are spread over a large area. In the far background, on the top of mountain, is a small communal settlement Kibbutz named Har Amasa, established in On the west side of the road are remains of a structure and an access road. On the north-west side of the town are remains of an early Byzantine church. This drone photo captured on December is a west view of the excavated church.

In the next photo is the guide of the tour, the archaeologist Eli Shenhav, between the ruins of the church. The floor is made of large flat stone slabs. A mosaic floor, with inscriptions, was brought to lights during the excavations by Yehuda Govrin , but its stones were unfortunately stolen.

The next photo shows a section of the church, with remains of the columns. A cistern is built near the church. This was probably part of the monastery. A Roman road crosses the mountain above Kh. This road, known as a section of the central ridge route, connected the city of Hebron in the north and Malatha where the regional Roman military cavalry headquarters — the Cohors I Flavia Equitata — were located during the Byzantine period.

A road ascended from Kh. Kerioth to the Roman road, as illustrated in the PEF map. Two fortresses of different periods — Israelite and Roman — are located on the north-east side of the Roman road, just above Khirbet Kerioth. The ruins of the Roman fortress is seen here, overlooking the Judean desert. An old Jordanian police station was located north of the observation terrace.

It was named Lucifer or Lusifar , based on the nearby ruins. The police station protected the area around the south side of the west bank area, which was held until by Jordan. A border crossing, between Israel and the West Bank, is now located just north of the station.

This shows that the military importance of this area, on the edge of the Judean desert, did not change in the course of thousands of years. The Mekhina prepares the 18thth year old high schools graduates in Israel to the military service or to higher learning.

A winter flower found in this area is the Iris Palaestina Israeli Iris , a small flower with white flowers and yellow strips. Traces of the tunnels dug by the blind mole rat are seen in the next photo. Iscariot — Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus, who betrayed Jesus.

However, a better interpretation is that Krayioth is an ancient city in Samaria, 2 KM East of Shiloh, and Judas or his ancestors, came from that place. Khurbet el Kureitein, Khirbet el-Qaryatein — Arabic name of the ruins. Webmaster Rotem viewing the site from the observation terrace on Mt Amasa [Nov ].

Tlulit el-Anab — a Hebrew article by M. Haiman page 5 is about Kh. South Hebron area — Yehuda Guvrin Hebrew; great article. Skip to content Remains of a Roman and Byzantine period village. The aerial map shows the points of interest. Iron Age 10th — 6th Century B. Ottoman Period 19th century During this period, the caves in the site were reused for dwelling.

A section of their map is here, with the site here: Khurbet el Kureitein in the center: Part of map Sheet 25 of Survey of Western Palestine, by Conder and Kitchener, Published , reprinted by LifeintheHolyLand.

Modern Period The ruins are located on an open public area, on the side of the road from the forest of Yattir towards Arad. If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.

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