Khirbet
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Khirbet is a term appended to many place-names in the Middle East.
Some examples:
Some examples:
- Khirbet Abu FalahKhirbet Abu FalahKhirbet Abu Falah is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located north of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the town had a population of approximately 4,237 inhabitants in 2007....
- Khirbet al-DeirKhirbet al-DeirKhirbet al-Deir is a Palestinian town located ten kilometers south of Bethlehem.The town is in the Bethlehem Governorate central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of over 1,564 in mid-year 2006....
- Khirbet al-MalihKhirbet al-MalihKhirbet al-Malih is a Palestinian hamlet of over 200 people in the Tubas Governorate of the northeastern West Bank, located east of Tubas.-History:...
- Khirbet Beit LeiKhirbet Beit LeiKhirbet Beit Lei, Khirbet Beit Lehi or Beth Loya is an archaeological tell in the Judean lowlands, of Israel. It is located about 5.5 km southeast of Beth Guvrin on a hill 400 m above sea level.-History:...
- Khirbet el-QomKhirbet el-QomKhirbet el-Qom is an archaeological tomb-site in the territory of the biblical kingdom of Judah, between Lachish and Hebron, containing an inscription with the phrase "...by his Asherah"....
- Khirbet KefirehKhirbet KefirehKhirbet Kefireh is a modern town just north of Katana, Israel on a hilltop covering about 4-5 acres...
- Khirbet Munhata
- Khirbet QeiyafaKhirbet QeiyafaKhirbet Qeiyafa is the site of an ancient city overlooking the Elah Valley. The ruins of the fortress were uncovered in 2007, near the Israeli city of Beit Shemesh, 20 miles from Jerusalem. It covers nearly six acres and is encircled by a 700-meter long city wall constructed of stones weighing...
- Khirbet Qumran
- Khirbet SafaKhirbet SafaKhirbet Safa is a Palestinian village located twelve kilometers north-west of Hebron.The village is in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,105 in mid-year 2006....
- Khirbet SelmKhirbet SelmKhirbet Selm is a village in southern Lebanon....
- Khirbet ShartaKhirbet ShartaKhirbet Sharta is an ancient tell in northern Israel, northeast of Kiryat Atta, that covers two hills.-Archaeology:In 1965, the Israel Antiquities Authority conducted excavations of the western hill prior to the construction of residential housing in Kiryat Atta.Discoveries include burial caves...
- Khirbet TibnahKhirbet TibnahKhirbet Tibnah refers to two locations: a site in the West Bank overlooking Wadi Reiya and identified with Timnath-serah of the Bible, and an archeologicalsite situated 2 miles southwest of Bet Shemesh, Israel....