Artabba Fortress information

Artabba fortress
Hebrew: מבצר ארטבה, Arabic: Khirbet Artabba
	Aerial view of Artabba fortress
	Shown within Israel
Location	Beit El Mountains
Region	West Bank
Coordinates	31°59′23″N 35°04′27″E / 31.98972°N 35.07417°E
Type	Fortress
Area	max 22 dunam
Height	364
History
Founded	2nd century BCE
Periods	Hasmonean period, Herodian period
Cultures	Second Temple Judaism
Associated with	Jews
Site notes
Archaeologists	Dvir Raviv, Aharon Tavger
Condition	In ruins
Public access	Open year round

Artabba Fortress is a Hasmonean-Herodian fortress, discovered in 2015 by Dr. Dvir Raviv from Bar-Ilan University and Dr. Aharon Tavger from Ariel University.^[1] The site is located at the top of a hill at a height of 364 meters, is near the ravine of Wadi Artabba, also known as Nahal Natuf, southeast of the Palestinian village of Deir Abu Mash'al in the West Bank.

^ Raviv, Dvir (2018). "The Artabba Fortress: An Unknown Hasmonaean-Herodian Fortress on the Northern Border of Judaea". Israel Exploration Journal. 68 (1): 56–76. ISSN 0021-2059. JSTOR 26740637.

[:0-1] Raviv, Dvir (2018). "The Artabba Fortress: An Unknown Hasmonaean-Herodian Fortress on the Northern Border of Judaea". Israel Exploration Journal. 68 (1): 56–76. ISSN 0021-2059. JSTOR 26740637.