<< Our Photo Pages >> Khirbat Ethri - Ancient Village or Settlement in Israel
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Multi-periodSite Name: Khirbat Ethri Alternative Name: Horvat Ethri, Khirbat AthriCountry: Israel Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Bet Shemesh
Latitude: 31.648998N Longitude: 34.972358E
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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A Jewish village destroyed in 69 AD during the first Jewish revolt against the Romans. It was resettled after the war. During the Bar Kokhba revolt, underground tunnels were used and can still be accessed today.
For more information : http://www.basarchive.org/sample/bswbBrowse.asp?PubID=BSBA&Volume=33&Issue=5&ArticleID=7
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