Khirbat al Muraşşaş

Khirbat al Muraşşaş is a ruin in , . Khirbat al Muraşşaş is situated nearby to the archaeological site , as well as near the village .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Monastery of Martyrius and Yeshivat Birkat Moshe.

Archaeological site
, whose ruins, known as Khirbet el-Murassas in Arabic, have been excavated in the centre of the settlement and city of , was one of the most important centres of monastic life in the Judean Desert during the Byzantine period. is situated 380 metres northwest of Khirbat al Muraşşaş.

School
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hesder yeshiva located in the Mitzpeh Nevo neighborhood of the Israeli settlement, . It was founded in 1977 by Haim Sabato and Yitzchak Sheilat, then two young rabbis from Yeshivat HaKotel, in Jerusalem. is situated 1½ km north of Khirbat al Muraşşaş.

Memorial
Photo: Sam Philipe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a memorial, which is situated 1½ km northeast of Khirbat al Muraşşaş.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ma’ale Adumim and ’Arab al-Jahalin.

Photo: Labour Palestine, CC BY 2.0.
Maale Adumim is an Israeli settlement in the , east of . It has about 37,000 residents.

Village
ʿArab al-Jahalin also known as al-Jabal is a Palestinian Bedouin neighborhood in the Jerusalem Governorate, located five kilometers southeast of in the .

Village
Photo: Deror avi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a rural Israeli settlement in the . Located to the south of and organised as a community settlement, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gush Etzion Regional Council. is situated 2½ km south of Khirbat al Muraşşaş.

Khirbat al Muraşşaş

Latitude
31.77657° or 31° 46′ 36″ north
Longitude
35.30297° or 35° 18′ 11″ east
Elevation
472 metres (1,549 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ8G3+J5
Geo­Names ID
282666
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