Maccabi Tombs

Maccabi Tombs is a memorial in , . Maccabi Tombs is situated nearby to the archaeological site , as well as near the ruins .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Modi`im and Barfilya.

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 240 metres southeast of Maccabi Tombs.

Peak
Photo: McKaby, Public domain.
Barfiliya was a Palestinian village located 10.5 kilometres east of that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Located on a tell, excavations conducted there by archaeologists beginning in 1995 found artifacts dating back to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A period.

Archaeological site
El-Habs, nicknamed 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 , in the territory of Ben Shemen Forest. is situated 2 km west of Maccabi Tombs.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mevo Modi’im and Al Midyah.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mevo Modi'im, officially Me'or Modi'im, is a moshav in central . It is also known as the Carlebach Moshav. Located north-west of Modi'in on Highway 443, it falls under the jurisdiction of .

Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
al-Midya is a Palestinian village in the in the western , located west of . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of over 1,533 inhabitants in 2017.

Village
Ganei Modi'in is an Israeli settlement in the . Located just over the Green Line to the north of , it falls under the jurisdiction of .

Maccabi Tombs

Latitude
31.92976° or 31° 55′ 47″ north
Longitude
34.99419° or 34° 59′ 39″ east
Open location code
8G3PWXHV+WM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1697800378
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
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In Other Languages

“Maccabi Tombs” goes by many names.
  • Hebrew: “קברות המכבים”

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