Khirbat Umm Laysūn

Khirbat Umm Laysūn is a ruin in , . Khirbat Umm Laysūn is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gehenna and Pool of Siloam.

Meadow
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or Gehinnom is a Biblical toponym that has acquired various theological connotations, including as a place of divine punishment, in Jewish eschatology. is situated 4 km north of Khirbat Umm Laysūn.

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The term refers to several rock-cut pools located southeast of the walls of the . The pools were fed by the waters of the , carried there by the Siloam tunnel. is situated 4 km north of Khirbat Umm Laysūn.

Archaeological site
The Church of the Seat of Mary, Church of the or Old being the name mostly used in literature, was a 5th-century Byzantine church in the , located between and in , on what is today known as Hebron Road. is situated 2½ km west of Khirbat Umm Laysūn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sur Baher and Umm Tuba.

Suburb
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, also Tsur Baher, is a Palestinian neighborhood on the southeastern outskirts of . It is located east of and northeast of . In 2006, had a population of 15,000.

Suburb
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is a Palestinian Arab neighborhood in part of ; it is northeast of and , and southeast of Kibbutz .

Suburb
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or Armon HaNetziv is an Israeli settlement in southern , established by in 1973 on land captured in the Six-Day War and occupied since then.

Khirbat Umm Laysūn

Latitude
31.73642° or 31° 44′ 11″ north
Longitude
35.23741° or 35° 14′ 15″ east
Elevation
709 metres (2,326 feet)
Open location code
8G3QP6PP+HX
Geo­Names ID
281451
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