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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Meshar-Hadav MatsebothCountry: Israel Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Mitzpe Ramon
Latitude: 30.476399N Longitude: 34.963413E
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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Situated in the heart of the Negev High Lands about 20 km. south of the Ramon crater along an ancient road leading from the northern Sinai peninsula to the 'Arava rift valley and northern Edom in Jordan.
At the north of The Meshar plain and in the nearby wadi Hadav there are camp sites ,open air sanctuaries, graves ant Matseboth (standing stones).
*As the sites spared over a large area i gave GPS position of the area.
About matseboth ,read: Sacred Stones in the Desert. By Dr. Uzi Avner
see link below
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21.3km W 267° wadi 'Arod tributary (1)* Ancient Temple
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