<< Our Photo Pages >> Tel 'Avdat - Ancient Village or Settlement in Israel
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Multi-periodSite Name: Tel 'Avdat Alternative Name: ObodaCountry: Israel Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Mitspe Ramon Nearest Village: Sde - Boker college
Latitude: 30.794474N Longitude: 34.773516E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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The oldest archaeological artifacts are pottery and coins from the Hellenistic era (end of the 4th century BCE). No construction remains were found from this era, and the oldest Nabatean inscriptions are from the reign of king Hartat the 4th (40 - 9 BCE).Nabatean 'Avdat was looted and burnt by Arab tribes and was abandoned for more then a generation. Habitation was renewed in the beginning of the reign of king Ravel the 2nd (70 - 106 CE).
In 106 CE, the Nabatean kingdom was annexed by the Roman emperor Trajan Caesar, in order to take over the Frankincense trade, and the Nabatean had to turn to farming for subsistence.
No evidence from the 2nd century CE was found, the reconstruction of 'Avdat started again in the 3rd century CE, the old Nabatean temple renovated and sanctified in 266/267 CE.
The Acropolis
Like all the Nabatean sites, 'Avdat Acropolis is situated on top of a high hill, on the Acropolis the important public buildings and specially the temples were built, of which not much survived,
Christianity infiltrated the Negev in the middle of the 4Th century CE, maybe with the aid of the Byzantine army that adopted Christianity by the orders of the authorities. In the first construction wave at least one Church was built on the older Nabatean sanctuaries.
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