<< Our Photo Pages >> Har Rakhama - Ancient Village or Settlement in Israel
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Multi-periodSite Name: Har RakhamaCountry: Israel Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Yeruham
Latitude: 30.967708N Longitude: 34.867866E
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 Village or Settlement in Israel
Har (Mt) Rakhama, N' Negev desert, Israel
Situated in central N' Negev desert , 4km SW' to Yeruham.
Tumuli field and cult installations, on the N' of the Mountain habitation site with stone structures, cubes and ingraved mortars, in the walls incorporated Masseboth.
Dated To Middle Bronze A era (2300 - 1900 BCE).
This winter (2006/07) is blessed with a lot of rain, northern Negev desert is blooming.
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