Jethro’s mound
Rujum en-Nabi Shu'ayb or Jethro's Cairn is an ancient megalithic monument, consisting of a crescent shaped heap of field stones, located some 15 kilometers from the Sea of Galilee on a fairly inaccessible hillside below Parod in Northern Israel.
- Historic site
- …is also known as “Rujum en-Nabi Shu’ayb”
- Description: archaeological site
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Parod and Shefer.
Jethro’s mound
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Latitude
32.93952° or 32° 56′ 22″ north
Longitude
35.4265° or 35° 25′ 35″ east
Open location code
8G4QWCQG+RJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = a
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Hebrew—“Jethro’s mound” goes by many names.
رجم النبي شعيبArabic
גל יתרוHebrew
רוג’ום נבי שועייבHebrew
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