Masbaḩ aş Şīrāfī

Places of Interest

Mount Ebal

Peak

Photo: Deror avi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mount Ebal is one of the two mountains near the city of Nablus in the West Bank, and forms the northern side of the valley in which Nablus is situated, the southern side being formed by Mount Gerizim. Mount Ebal is situated 3 km west of Masbaḩ aş Şīrāfī.

Joseph’s Tomb

Place of worship

Photo: David Roberts (painter), Public domain.

Joseph's Tomb is a funerary monument located in Balata village at the eastern entrance to the valley that separates Mounts Gerizim and Ebal, 300 m northwest of Jacob's Well, on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Nablus. Joseph’s Tomb is situated 3 km southwest of Masbaḩ aş Şīrāfī.

Mount Eival Alter

Archaeological site

Photo: Elad Tzur, CC BY 3.0.

The Iron Age I Structure on Mt. Ebal, also known as the Mount Ebal site, Mount Ebal's Altar, and Joshua's Altar, is an archeological site dated to the Iron Age I, located on Mount Ebal, West Bank.

Places in the Area

Azmut

Village

Photo: עדירל, CC BY-SA 4.0.

’Azmut is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate in the eastern West Bank, located five kilometers northeast of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 3,440 inhabitants in 2017.

Askar RC (al-Qadeem)

Village

Photo: Qusay.khateeb, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Askar is a Palestinian refugee camp. It is located on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Nablus and was established in 1950 on 119 dunums of land. Residents of the camp refer to this as “New Askar”.

Elon Moreh

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Elon Moreh is an Orthodox Jewish Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located northeast of the Palestinian city of Nablus, on the slopes of the Mount Kabir ridge, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council.

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