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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Netafim Neolithic sanctuaryCountry: Israel
NOTE: This site is 9.658 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Eilat Nearest Village: Kibuts Eilot
Latitude: 29.593625N Longitude: 34.877713E
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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Wandering around i got to the Eastern margins of the site and sat down. The scenery of the landscape is beautiful facing east to the 'arava rift valley and the Edom mountain range in Jordan.
Looking around me on the ground i saw a terracotta figurine without head, but the hands was in ornate position (holding hands up to the heavens in prayer) and clearly feminine (see photo) so i started to look around and found the head and many votive articles made of terracotta, small miniature votive structures and bowls, chunk of a zoomorphic figurine and Red Sea shells.
In 1995 Dr. U. Avner and Mr. A. Holtser conducted an archaeological excavation and found no structure only some sea shells and bones of a fowl and of a quadruped.
I visited the excavation one day and found 2 more votive bowls.
Dr. Avner dated the site by the typology of the finding to the late 6Th millennium BCE.
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11.1km N 4° SE' Se'ipim valley* Ancient Village or Settlement
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