חורבת עלמית | |
Location | West Bank |
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Region | Judean desert |
Coordinates | 31°49′25.5″N 35°16′28.4″E / 31.823750°N 35.274556°E |
Type | Settlement |
Part of | Bronze Age, Iron Age, Hellenistic period, Roman period, Byzantine period, |
Area | 2 ha (4.9 acres) |
Height | 683 m |
History | |
Periods | Bronze age - Ottoman period |
Cultures | Jewish, Muslim |
Site notes | |
Condition | Ruined |
Ownership | Public |
Public access | Yes |
Khirbet Almit is an archaeological site in the West Bank, occupied from the Middle Bronze Age to the Ottoman period. It is located in the Judaean Desert about 4 km northeast of Mount Scopus and about 1.5 km southeast of 'Anata. The site is situated on the top of two peaks of one hill at an altitude of 638 meters above sea level, near Nahal Zimri and on the border of the Nahal Prat Nature Reserve.[1]