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Multi-periodSite Name: Crescent-shaped monument near SheferCountry: Israel
NOTE: This site is 2.7 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Zefat Nearest Village: 'Ain Al Asad
Latitude: 32.939314N Longitude: 35.426735E
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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Pottery excavated at the structure indicates the monument dates to between 3050 B.C. and 2650 B.C., so probably older than the pyramids of Egypt.
Archaeologists previously thought the structure was part of a city wall, but recent work carried out by Ido Wachtel, a doctoral student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, indicates there is no city beside it and that the structure is a standing monument.
The structure's crescent shape stood out in the landscape, Wachtel told Live Science He has suggested the shape may have had symbolic importance, as the lunar crescent is a symbol of Sin, the ancient Mesopotamian moon god.
More at Live Science.
Moti writes: All the lunar crescents I know are pointing upwards, this one points downwards
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