Khallat ar Ruhbān

Places of Interest

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.

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.

Tell Balata

Archaeological site

Photo: TrickyH, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Tell Balata is an archaeological site in the West Bank near Nablus, Palestine, that includes the remains of an ancient Canaanite city, associated since 1913 with the Biblical city of Shechem.

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Nablus

Photo: Uwe a, CC BY-SA 1.0.

Nablus is a large city within the Palestinian Territories, in the Central Highlands of the West Bank, some 63 km north of Jerusalem.

Kiryat Luza

Village

Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kiryat Luza is an Israelite Samaritan village situated on Mount Gerizim near the city of Nablus in the West Bank. It is within Area B of the West Bank, and as a result is under the joint control of Israel and the Palestinian National Authority.

Balata Camp

Town

Photo: Hoshvilim, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Balata Camp is a Palestinian refugee camp established in the northern West Bank in 1950, adjacent to Balata village on the outskirts of the city of Nablus. Balata Camp had a population of 14,635 in 2017.

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