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Multi-periodSite Name: Wadi Paran ancient agriculture terraces, matseboth and Rock art
Country: Israel Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Mitzpe Ramon Nearest Village: Paran
Latitude: 30.231469N Longitude: 34.809971E
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

3 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

1 Access:

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.

1 Accuracy:

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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**Wadi Paran ancient agriculture terraces, matseboth and Rock art** submitted by motist : Wadi Paran ancient agriculture terraces & Matseboth (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ancient Settlement in Israel. On the western banks of wadi Paran traces of ancient agriculture and Matseboth. There is also rock art of Nubian Ibex in the area.

Wadi Paran is the longest in Israel ,its upper tributaries are in central Sinai peninsula and it collects big amount of runoff water. Its permit a seasonal cultivation mainly of Barley,and up to days nomads take advantage and cultivate plots of fertile land on the banks of the wadi's.
Matseboth and burial structures we find all over the desert with traces of human activity like habitation,camping ground,along ancient tracks,and agricultural land.

The ironised lime stones on the wadi's banks attracted the travellers and the shepherds and on these kinds of rock are where we find most petroglyphs.

In most of of the petroglyphs clusters Ibex engravings are dominant. In the Near East mythologies and ancient cults the Ibex represent deities of virility and endurance.

about Nubian ibex see Wikipedia.
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