Susiya
Sign in to saveSusya (, ; Susiyeh, Susiya, Susia) is a location in the southern Hebron Governorate in the West Bank. It houses an archaeological site with extensive remains from the Late Roman and Byzantine periods, including the ruins of an archeologically notable synagogue, repurposed as a mosque after the Muslim conquest of Palestine in the 7th century. A Palestinian village named Susya was established near the site in the 1830s. The village lands extended over 300 hectares under multiple private Palestinian ownership, and the Palestinians on the site are said to exemplify a southern Hebron cave-dwelling
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- geographic location
- Located in
- Hebron Governorate
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- Susia synagoque.JPG
- Said to be same as
- Khirbet Susya
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- different from
- Socea
- Commons category
- Susya archaeological site
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Susiya (in lingua araba سوسية e in lingua ebraica סוּסְיָא) (Susiya, Susia) è una località nel sud dei monti della Giudea, in Cisgiordania, dove si trovano un villaggio palestinese, un insediamento israeliano e un sito archeologico nel quale ci sono i resti sia di una sinagoga del V - VIII secolo sia di una moschea che l'ha sostituita.
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