Modi‘im
Modi‘im is an archaeological site in Central District, Israel. Modi‘im is situated nearby to the village Al Midyah, as well as near Ganei Modi’in.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Modi`im and Barfilya.
Modi`im
Ruins
Modi’in, also Modi’im, and later, Moditha, was an ancient Jewish city located in Judea, near the modern city of Modi'in, Israel. First mentioned in the Books of Maccabees, it was the hometown of the priestly Hasmonean family, who assumed leadership over Judea following the victorious Maccabean uprising. Modi`im is situated 170 metres east of Modi‘im.
Barfilya
Peak
Photo: McKaby, Public domain.
Barfiliya was a Palestinian village located 10.5 kilometres east of Ramla that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Located on a tell, excavations conducted there by Israeli archaeologists beginning in 1995 found artifacts dating back to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A period.
Valley of the Monks
Archaeological site
El-Habs, nicknamed Valley of the Monks is a site of a cave which served Christian monastic chambers, on the channel of the Gimzo Stream. It is situated at the foot of Horbat Zekhariya and together with Horbat Kelah form a complex of archaeological sites in the hills of Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, in the territory of Ben Shemen Forest. Valley of the Monks is situated 2 km west of Modi‘im.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mevo Modi’im and Al Midyah.
Mevo Modi’im
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mevo Modi'im, officially Me'or Modi'im, is a moshav in central Israel. It is also known as the Carlebach Moshav. Located north-west of Modi'in on Highway 443, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council.
Al Midyah
Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
al-Midya is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the western West Bank, located west of Ramallah. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of over 1,533 inhabitants in 2017.
Ganei Modi’in
Village
Ganei Modi'in is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located just over the Green Line to the north of Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council.
Modi‘im
- Type: Archaeological site
- Also known as: “Modi`im”
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Central District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.92902° or 31° 55′ 45″ northLongitude
34.99461° or 34° 59′ 41″ eastElevation
238 metres (781 feet)Open location code
8G3PWXHV+JRGeoNames ID
294160
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In Other Languages
“Modi‘im” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “Modi‘im”
- Hebrew: “מודיעים”
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