Qubur Bani Isra’il
Qubur Bene Isra'in or Qubur Bani Isra'il, are four, formerly five, huge stone structures dated to the Middle Bronze Age, which rise from a rocky plateau overlooking Wadi Qelt in the West Bank, about 3.5 miles northeast of Jerusalem, between Hizma and Geva Binyamin along Highway 437.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tomb
- Description: archaeological site in West Bank, State of Palestine
- Also known as: “Qubūr Banī Isrā’īl”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Khirbet Almit and Tall Al-Ful.
Khirbet Almit
Peak
Khirbet Almit is an archaeological site in the West Bank, occupied from the Middle Bronze Age to the Ottoman period. It is located in the Judaean Desert about 4 km northeast of Mount Scopus and about 1.5 km northeast of 'Anata.
Tall Al-Ful
Archaeological site
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. Tall Al-Ful is situated 3½ km west of Qubur Bani Isra’il.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hizma and Geva Binyamin.
Hizma
Village
Photo: Dvirraz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hizma is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate, seven kilometers from Jerusalem's Old City. The town, mostly located in Area C of the West Bank, borders four Israeli settlements, Neve Yaakov and Pisgat Ze'ev, Geva Binyamin and Almon.
Geva Binyamin
Village
Photo: מיכאלי, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Geva Binyamin, also known as Adam, is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, built over land expropriated from the Palestinian village of Jaba'. It is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council.
Pisgat Ze’ev
Suburb
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pisgat Ze'ev is an Israeli settlement in East Jerusalem and the largest residential neighborhood in Jerusalem with a population of over 50,000. Pisgat Ze'ev was established by Israel as one of the city's five Ring Neighborhoods on land effectively annexed after the 1967 Six-Day War.
Qubur Bani Isra’il
- Categories: archaeological site and burial
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Hebrew—“Qubur Bani Isra’il” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قبور بني اسرائيل”
- Hebrew: “קבור בני אסראיל”
- Hebrew: “קבר בני ישראל”
- Hebrew: “קובור בני אסראאיל”
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