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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ramon crater open air sanctuary Alternative Name: Makhtesh RamonCountry: Israel Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Mitzpe Ramon
Latitude: 30.602493N Longitude: 34.852753E
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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Ancient Temple in Israel. In the Ramon crater west of road no. 40 (Eilat -Be'er Shev'a) there is a preserved rectangular open air sanctuary about measuring 10 x 8 Meters delineated by a single row of limestone uprights. It is a typical sanctuary in the Negev, Sinai and Southern Jordan.
It was dated by Dr. Uzi Avner to the 6th to 3rd millennium BCE
More on the era in the Levant ...
THE ABSENCE OF IMAGES: THE PROBLEM OF THE ANICONIC CULT AT GADES AND ITS RELIGIO-HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
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