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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Timna Valley Slave Hill MassebahCountry: Israel Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Eilat Nearest Village: Timna Valley
Latitude: 29.772514N Longitude: 34.946118E
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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Standing stone, or massebah, at sites of ancient copper smelting.
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249m SE 131° Timna Valley Slave Hill Smelting Site* Ancient Village or Settlement
1.1km ESE 116° Timna Valley Temple of Hathor* Ancient Temple
1.4km N 11° Timna Valley Mushroom Site* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
2.6km NNW 329° Timna Valley Copper Mines* Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
4.5km ENE 66° Sasgon valley* Standing Stones
4.9km NE 45° Mount. Michrot* Ancient Temple
5.1km NE 39° N' W' Timna valley ancient copper industry* Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
5.1km N 355° Timn'a cliffs Roded type open air sanctuaries* Ancient Temple
5.2km SSW 192° S' of wadi Gadna'a* Ancient Temple
6.1km NE 47° Ancient Copper Strip-mine north of Mt. Michrot* Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
7.0km NW 307° North of Wadi Botem Massebah* Standing Stone (Menhir)
7.3km SSE 158° Beer-Ora N* Ancient Temple
7.3km WNW 290° Wadi Botem Predator's Trap* Ancient Village or Settlement
7.3km SSE 164° E' of wadi Racham * Ancient Temple
7.6km WNW 289° Wadi Botem Sites* Ancient Village or Settlement
7.6km WSW 245° Upper Wadi Eteq Masseboth* Standing Stones
8.5km NNW 337° Wadi Milhan Ancient Farm* Ancient Village or Settlement
8.7km SW 224° North Se'ipim Valley Predator Trap* Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
8.8km SSW 199° Wadi 'Eteq Villas* Ancient Temple
8.9km S 189° S' of wadi 'Eteq* Ancient Temple
8.9km S 190° Flint workshop west of wadi Racham* Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
9.0km SW 225° Se'ipim Valley North Predators Trap* Misc. Earthwork
9.3km NNW 331° North Sayarim Valley Tumulus* Barrow Cemetery
9.4km SSW 214° E' Se'ipim valley* Ancient Village or Settlement
9.7km WNW 285° Wadi Betamim Matseboth* Standing Stones
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