Mamshit
Mampsis or Memphis, today Mamshit, Kurnub, is a former Nabataean caravan stop and Byzantine city. In the Nabataean period, Mampsis was an important station on the Incense Road, connecting Southern Arabia through Edom, the Arabah and Ma'ale Akrabim, to the Mediterranean ports, as well as to Jerusalem via Beersheba and Hebron.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: ConstantinetheGreat, Public domain.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archeological site in Israel
- Also known as: “Horbat Mamshit”, “Kurnab”, “Kurnub”, “Mamphis”, “Mampsis”, “Mamshat”, and “Qurnab”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dimona and Kasr a Sir.
Dimona
Photo: Meronim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dimona is a small town in the north-eastern Negev desert of Israel. It is the third-largest city in the Negev, with a population of about 34,000. Dimona is mostly known for the nearby nuclear research facility, which according to various unofficial publications is the home of Israel's nuclear weapons program.
Kasr a Sir
Village
Qasr al-Sir is a Bedouin village in the Negev desert in southern Israel, adjacent to highway 25. The village covers 4,776 dunams. Located three kilometres west of Dimona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Neve Midbar Regional Council. Kasr a Sir is situated 10 km northwest of Mamshit.
Mamshit
- Categories: national park, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.02544° or 31° 1′ 32″ northLongitude
35.06432° or 35° 3′ 52″ eastElevation
466 metres (1,529 feet)Open location code
8G3Q23G7+5POpenStreetMap ID
way 305409531OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Mamshit” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مامبسيس”
- Armenian: “Մամշիտ”
- Catalan: “Mamshit”
- Cebuano: “H̱orbat Mamshit”
- Czech: “Mamšit”
- Finnish: “Mamshit”
- French: “Mamshit”
- German: “Mampsis”
- German: “Mamschit”
- German: “Mamshit”
- Greek: “Μάμψις”
- Hebrew: “חרבת ממשית”
- Hebrew: “כורנוב”
- Hebrew: “ממשית”
- Indonesian: “Mampsis”
- Indonesian: “Taman Nasional Mamshit”
- Japanese: “マムシト”
- Lithuanian: “Mamšitas”
- Mongolian: “Мамшит”
- Polish: “Mampsis”
- Russian: “Мамшит”
- Russian: “Национальный парк Мамшит”
- Spanish: “Mamshit”
- Turkish: “Mamshit”
- Ukrainian: “Мамшит”
- Vietnamese: “Mamshit”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mamshit”. Photo: ConstantinetheGreat, Public domain.