🧿 Ketef Hinnom

Israel · Asia · 31.77°N, 35.23°E

Ketef Hinnom is an archaeological site discovered in the 1970s southwest of the Old City of Jerusalem. Archaeological excavations held at the site uncovered a series of Iron Age period Judahite burial chambers, dating to the 7th and 6th centuries BCE. It is famous for the Ketef Hinnom scrolls, which are the oldest surviving texts from the Hebrew Bible currently known, dated to 600 BC.

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Quick facts

Country	Israel
Continent / region	Asia
Coordinates (approx.)	31.77°N, 35.23°E · view on map

Ketef Hinnom is located in Israel, in Asia.

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