Global InformationKhirbet Kheibar information
  Shown within the West Bank | |
| Alternative name | Tell Kheibar |
|---|---|
| Location | West Bank |
| Coordinates | 32°21′07″N 35°16′37″E / 32.35194°N 35.27694°E |
| Grid position | 176/195 PAL |
| Type | fortified tell |
| Area | 35 acres (14 ha) |
| Height | 423 m (1,388 ft) |
| History | |
| Periods | Middle Bronze Age to Medieval period |
| Cultures | Canaanite, Israelite, Mesopotamian, Roman, Byzantine, Arab |
| Site notes | |
| Condition | In ruins |
Khirbet Kheibar (Arabic: خربة خَيْبَر; Hebrew: ח'ירבת חייבר) or Tell Kheibar is an archaeological site located in the western outskirts of the Sanur Valley, West Bank.[1] A fortified tell, it includes the remains of an ancient walled city that for some periods grew beyond the walls. At the site, pottery from the Middle Bronze Age and the Medieval period, peaking in the Iron Age, has been found, along with bowls and figurine fragments.[1]
The site is also notable because of local peasant folklore from the 19th century that linked it to an earlier Jewish population, that may have been related to the Jews of Khaybar.[1]
- ^ a b c Zertal, Adam (2004), "Sanur Valley: Landscape Unit 4", The Manasseh Hill Country Survey, Volume I: The Shechem Syncline, vol. I, Brill, pp. 241–242, 233, doi:10.1163/9789047413523_013, ISBN 978-90-474-1352-3, S2CID 239228384, retrieved 2023-05-31