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Apart from the excavated caves, the surveyors noted a burial cave on the western slope with five steps at its entrance. Inside the cave, there is a small hall with a small burial chamber, which includes four niches. Near the burial cave, there is a
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At the top of the peak is a square structure with 4 meters long walls. In the northeastern part at the top of the peak, there is an industrial underground complex that had several agricaltural uses, including an
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cave with about 70 niches. In the northwestern part of the peak, two water cisterns are carved into the chalk rock. To the south of them are the remains of a
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were conducted in the years 1973, 1981, and 1999, in various areas in the site.
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and founded the village of 'Anata. Next to this tomb are modern Arab graves.
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390:"Kh. 'Almit / ח' עלמית"
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67:31°49′25.5″N
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267:Yehud coins
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58:Coordinates
23:חורבת עלמית
532:Categories
470:"ח' עלמית"
365:2024-05-28
328:References
249:Archeology
173:Site notes
107:Bronze Age
98:Settlement
486:1565-043X
480:: 63–66.
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400:: 18–19.
307:oil press
295:winepress
211:West Bank
186:Ownership
178:Condition
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159:Cultures
111:Iron Age
38:Location
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271:Aramaic
151:Periods
146:History
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299:mosaic
227:'Anata
189:Public
181:Ruined
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163:Jewish
138:Height
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