חורבת אל קוט (in Hebrew) | |
Location | West Bank |
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Coordinates | 32°06′20″N 35°24′28″E / 32.10556°N 35.40778°E |
Grid position | Israel Ref. 22295/66332 |
Type | Settlement, mikveh, rock-cut tombs |
Area | 2 ha (4.9 acres) |
Height | 650 m |
History | |
Periods | Bronze Age, Iron Age, Hasmonean kingdom, Herodian kingdom, province of Judaea, Byzantine, Persian |
Cultures | Second Temple period |
Site notes | |
Condition | Ruined |
Ownership | Public |
Public access | Yes |
Khirbet el-Qutt is an archaeological site occupied from the Early Bronze Age through the Byzantine and Early Muslim periods. The site is located on and around a hill between the present-day village of Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya[1] and Israeli settlement Ma'ale Levona.[2] The discovery of subterranean hiding complexes and mikvahs in the 20th and 21st century indicated that the site had become a Jewish settlement during the Second Temple period, and that its inhabitants were participants in the Bar Kokhba revolt.