Middle East
Israel
Northern District

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 on a fairly inaccessible hillside below in Northern Israel.
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  • Type: Historic site
  • Description: archaeological site
  • Also known as: “Rujum en-Nabi Shu’ayb”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shefer and Parod.

Village
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is a moshav in northern . Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 503.

Village
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is a kibbutz in northern . Located in the near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 654.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Jethro’s mound

Latitude
32.93952° or 32° 56′ 22″ north
Longitude
35.4265° or 35° 25′ 35″ east
Open location code
8G4QWCQG+RJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 303915426
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­a
Wiki­data ID
Q24909732
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In Other Languages

“Jethro’s mound” goes by many names.
  • Hebrew: “גל יתרו”
  • Hebrew: “רוג’ום נבי שועייב”

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Highlights include Ein Parod and מפלי פרוד.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Jethro’s mound”. Photo: Mlevitt1, CC BY-SA 4.0.