Khirbet Wadi Hamam

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Names

Transliterated Name Source Name
Khirbet Wadi Hamam ‎‎
Hamaam Hebrew ‎‎חַמָּם
Hamaam Arabic ‎‎حمام
Wadi Hamam Arabic ‎‎
Introduction
Introduction

Khirbet Wadi Hamam near Hamaam was first settled in the Hasmonean period around the early first century BCE reaching a peak in terms of size and prosperity in the Early Roman period, when large-scale infrastructural and building projects were carried out. (Uzi Leibner) Archaeological evidence for a severe decline in the settlement surfaces in the mid-fourth century, when most of the village was abandoned. The latest stratified remains at the site date to the last decades of the fourth century, and village life seems to have ceased entirely at the end of that century or in the early fifth. (Uzi Leibner)

Maps and Plans
Maps and Plans

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    Orientation Map

    Uzi Leibner
    Uzi Leibner
  • Khirbet Wadi Hamam in Google Earth
    Khirbet Wadi Hamam in Google Earth

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  • Khirbet Wadi Hamam on govmap.gov.il
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  • Map of excavation areas
    Map of excavation areas in Khirbet Wadi Hamam and surroundings

    Uzi Leibner
    from Uzi Leibner

Chronology
419 CE Earthquake

Jones (2021) reports that evidence for the Monaxius and Plinta Earthquake of 419 CE has been reported at Khirbet Wadi Hamam by Leibner and Arubas (2018: 97).

Notes and Further Reading
References

Articles and Books

Jones, I. W. N. (2021). "The southern Levantine earthquake of 418/419 AD and the archaeology of Byzantine Petra." Levant: 1-15.

Magness, J. (1997). "Synagogue typology and earthquake chronology at Khirbet Shema ‘, Israel." Journal of field archaeology 24(2): 211-220.

Magness, J. 2005. Heaven on earth: Helios and the zodiac cycle in ancient Palestinian synagogues. Dumbarton Oaks Papers 59: 1-52.

Magness, J. 2007. Did Galilee decline in the fifth century? The synagogue at Chorazin reconsidered. In, Zangenberg, J., Attridge, H. W. and Martin, D. B. (eds), Religion, Ethnicity, and Identity in Ancient Galilee: A Region in Transition: 259-74. Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck.

Magness, J. 2012. The pottery from the village of Capernaum and the chronology of Galilean synagogues. Tel Aviv 39(2): 110-22.

Excavation Reports

Leibner, U. and Arubas, B. 2018. Area A: the synagogue stratigraphy and architecture. In, Leibner, U. (ed.), Khirbet Wadi Hamam: A Roman-Period Village and Synagogue in the Lower Galilee: 24-98. Jerusalem: Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Websites

Khirbet Wadi Hamam Excavations - Uzi Leibner - Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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