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Multi-periodSite Name: Khirbet Mehoz Alternative Name: Khirbet kheshek
Country: 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:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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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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