<< Our Photo Pages >> Khirbet Abu Hof (chaf) - Ancient Village or Settlement in Israel
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Multi-periodSite Name: Khirbet Abu Hof (chaf)Country: Israel Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Beer sheva Nearest Village: Lehavim
Latitude: 31.380404N Longitude: 34.837477E
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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Khirbet Abu Hof. remains of a columbarium, where the tiny chambers that housed the birds can still be seen. This particular columbarium, unlike others found in the Judean Plain, has been built out of stone rather than hewn into existing rock.
The looters also dug up Khirbet Abu-Hof, a site that was continuously inhabited from the prehistoric period to the Middle Ages. Illegal excavations have been carried out in this site in the past, only this time the looters used heavy tools that caused heavy damage to the entrance of the cave at the site. It seems the looters used a false map on which the treasure was marked
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