Khirbet Abu ed-Dinein

Khirbet Abu ad-Danin, Horvat Abu a-Danin or Kh. Abu ed-Dinein is an archaeological site located in the central , just south of . The site represents a rural Jewish village from the late Second Temple period, founded in the 2nd century BCE and reaching its peak during the late Hellenistic and early Roman periods.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Ruins
  • Description: archaeological site in the central West Bank
  • Also known as: “Khirbet Abu ad-Danin”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Khirbet Badd Isa and Ma’arava Yeshiva.

Ruins
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Khirbet Bad 'Issa or Khirbet Bad-'Issa is an archaeological site located in the central , within . Archaeological evidence suggests that the site was founded in the 3rd century BCE, during the Hellenistic period, as a seasonal agricultural settlement. is situated 420 metres east of Khirbet Abu ed-Dinein.

Synagogue
Photo: יעקב, CC BY 3.0.
Maarava Machon Rubin is an Orthodox yeshiva high school located in the Israeli settlement of Matityahu, near Modi'in, midway between and . is situated 1 km west of Khirbet Abu ed-Dinein.

Ruins
Modi’in, also Modi’im, and later, Moditha, was an ancient Jewish city located in , near the modern city of , . 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. is situated 4 km west of Khirbet Abu ed-Dinein.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Matityahu and Kfar HaOranim.

Village
Photo: יהודה אלחרר, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an Israeli settlement organized as a community settlement in the . Located approximately midway between and , near the settlement of and the city of .

Village
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, also known as Menora or Giv'at Ehud, is an Israeli settlement in the . Contiguous with Lapid and located near to the major city of Modi'in, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of .

Town
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Modi'in Illit is a Haredi Jewish-Israeli settlement organized as a city council in the , situated midway between and . Built on the land of five Palestinian villages–, Kharbata, , , and Dir Qadis–Modi'in Illit was granted city status by the Israeli government in 2008.

Khirbet Abu ed-Dinein

Latitude
31.92557° or 31° 55′ 32″ north
Longitude
35.038° or 35° 2′ 17″ east
Open location code
8G3QW2GQ+66
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13482182956
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Wiki­data ID
Q136805389
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In Other Languages

“Khirbet Abu ed-Dinein” goes by many names.
  • Hebrew: “ח’רבת אבו א-דנין”

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