Meiser
Sign in to saveMeiser (; , also known as Shaykh Maysar or Khirbat Maysar) is an Arab village in northern Israel. Located half a kilometre west of the Green Line, north of the city of Baqa al-Gharbiyye in the triangle area of Wadi Ara, it is one of three Arab villages under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council. In it had a population of .
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- Locality
- מועצה אזורית מנשה
- Region
- מחוז חיפה
- Country
- ישראל
- Population
- 2,017
- Timezone
- Asia/Jerusalem
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Meiser (; , also known as Shaykh Maysar or Khirbat Maysar) is an Arab village in northern Israel. Located half a kilometre west of the Green Line, north of the city of Baqa al-Gharbiyye in the triangle area of Wadi Ara, it is one of three Arab villages under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council. In it had a population of .
==History== ===Roman Empire=== Remains from the Early Roman era (end of the first century BCE–beginning of the first century CE) have been found here. Three strata from the Roman-Byzantine periods was excavated in the centre of the village. A bathhouse, dating from the same time, has also been found.
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