General view of the Shivta ruins |
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General view of the Shivta ruins
General view Shivta (Sobota) is an archeological site in the Negev Desert of Israel, 49 Km southwest of beer sheva, east to Nizzana (Nitsana). Long considered a classic Nabatean town and terminal on the ancient spice route, archeologists are now considering the possibility that the town was actually a Byzantine agricultural colony and a way station for pilgrims en route to the Santa Catarina, Egypt, located on the supposed site of Mount Sinai. The new assessment of Shivta is based on an...
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