Bayt Nattif
Vanished settlement · Mandatory Palestine
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- 2,150
- Coordinates
- 31.696, 34.996
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: Археологический памятник в Израиле
History
Bayt Nattif or Beit Nattif was a Palestinian village, located some 20 kilometers southwest of Jerusalem, midway on the ancient Roman road between Beit Guvrin and Jerusalem, and 21 km northwest of Hebron. The village was on a hilltop, surrounded by olive groves and almonds, with woodlands of oak and carobs overlooking Wadi es-Sunt to its south. It contained several shrines, including one dedicated to el-Sheykh Ibrahim. Roughly a dozen khirbas lay in the vicinity.