Nebi samwil
Correspondent with Miçpâ in the Bible, the place is occupied time of iron at the time hellenistic.
The Samuel prophet lived there, but it is only at the beginning of the Byzantine time, according to the testimony of the father of the Church Jerome ( Contra Vigilantium ), that the site, undoubtedly abandoned at that time, was identified in Ramah, place of burial of the prophet, from where its current name of Nebi Samwîl. At the same time, Miçpâ seems identified with '' Such in-Naçbê ''
The remainders of a Byzantine monastery are under the beautiful cross structure preserved to date, containing the cenotaph of the prophet, and transformed into mosque.
See too
- Description of the Israeli excavations (1992-1999)
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