Khirbat ar Ra’s

Khirbat ar Ra’s is a ruin in , and has an elevation of 806 metres. Khirbat ar Ra’s is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tall Al-Ful and Tombs of the Sanhedrin.

Archaeological site
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Gibeah is the name of three places mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, in the tribes of Benjamin, Judah, and Ephraim respectively. Gibeah of Benjamin, also Gibeah of Saul, is the most commonly mentioned of the places. is situated 1¼ km northeast of Khirbat ar Ra’s.

, also Tombs of the Judges, is an underground complex of 63 rock-cut tombs located in a public park in the northern neighborhood of . is situated 1½ km south of Khirbat ar Ra’s.

Cave
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Umm al-'Amed, or Mugharet Umm el-Amed, is a monumental rock-cut tomb located in Wadi Ramot, north of ancient . Part of the necropolis of Second Temple-era Jerusalem, the tomb features a classical façade and finely carved masonry, characteristic of the elite Jewish burial architecture of late Second Temple . is situated 1 km southeast of Khirbat ar Ra’s.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ramat Shlomo and Shuafat.

Suburb
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is an Israeli settlement in . The population, mostly ultra-Orthodox, is 21,000. was built on land occupied by Israel since its capture from in the 1967 Six-Day War and is considered by the international community to be an Israeli settlement.

Suburb
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, also Shu'fat and Sha'fat, is a mostly Palestinian Arab neighborhood of , forming part of north-eastern . Located on the old Jerusalem– road about three miles north of the Old City, Shu'fat has a population of 35,000 residents.

Suburb
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is an Arab Palestinian neighborhood in . It is on the road to , eight kilometers north of central , at an elevation of 780 meters above sea level.

Khirbat ar Ra’s

Latitude
31.81386° or 31° 48′ 50″ north
Longitude
35.22254° or 35° 13′ 21″ east
Elevation
806 metres (2,644 feet)
Open location code
8G3QR67F+G2
Geo­Names ID
282225
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