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Multi-periodSite Name: Khirbet Mehoz Alternative Name: Khirbet kheshekCountry: Israel
NOTE: This site is 1.944 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Acre Nearest Village: Yarka
Latitude: 32.950613N Longitude: 35.270127E
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 |
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Ancient Village or Settlement in
Remains of a large Byzantine village on the north bank of the upper BethHaemek creek. The site is identified in Crusaders lists as "Gastina Mahuz", based on the Arabic name. The site was renamed in Hebrew maps to "Mehoz" or "Mahoz" which means "district".
During the Hellenistic period, the area was the western border of the Hasmonean Kingdom. A fortress was built nearby on the other side of the Beit Haemek brook (Khirbet Tefen).
The site was first established in the Roman period, and grew during the Byzantine period (4th-7th C AD). It was a farmers village who grew olive trees and bred sheep and goats.
As most of the western upper Galilee villages, this was a Christian village. Two churches were unearthed here and in the nearby village, Khirbet Heshek.
During the Persian and Arab (7th C AD) conquests the village was destroyed. It was still in ruins in the Crusaders period and listed in their archives as a ruined site (Gastina) known as "Gastina Mahuz".
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