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Khirbet el-Qutt

Ancient Jewish settlements of SamariaArchaeological sites in SamariaArchaeological sites in the West BankBar Kokhba hiding complexesBar Kokhba revolt
Hellenistic fortificationsSecond Temple period
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Khirbet el-Qutt is an archaeological site occupied from the Early Bronze Age through the Byzantine and Early Muslim periods. The site is located on and around a hill between the present-day village of Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya and Israeli settlement Ma'ale Levona. The discovery of subterranean hiding complexes and mikvahs in the 20th and 21st century indicated that the site had become a Jewish settlement during the Second Temple period, and that its inhabitants were participants in the Bar Kokhba revolt.

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N 32.105555555556 ° E 35.407777777778 °
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113
Judea and Samaria, Palestinian Territory
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