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Khirbet Kurkush ( Arabic : خربة قرقش) is an archeological site in the West Bank . It lies between the Israeli settlements of Bruchin and Ariel and near the Palestinian town of Bruqin , in the Salfit Governorate of the State of Palestine . The site was inhabited mostly during the Hellenistic , Roman , and Byzantine periods, from which impressive remnants of structures and quarries still survive. However, there have been findings from earlier times, such as the Iron Age , as well as later ones, such as the Middle Ages . There are several nearby rock-cut tombs , some of which are lavishly decorated, that resemble similar Jewish tombs of Jerusalem during the late Second Temple period . Archeologists disagree on whether Jews , Samaritans , or pagan groups used this necropolis and other nearby similar sites in western Samaria . Nonetheless, the majority of archaeologists believe the site to be a Jewish necropolis constructed for the rural Jewish elites of the area, possibly by Jewish craftsmen who fled Jerusalem prior to its siege and destruction in 70 CE .
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Archeological site in the State of Palestine Khirbet Kurkush ( Arabic : خربة قرقش) is an archeological site in the State of Palestine , located in the city of Bruqin , in the Salfit Governorate in the northern West Bank . The site was inhabited mostly during the Hellenistic , Roman , and Byzantine periods, from which impressive remnants of structures and quarries still survive. However, there have been findings from earlier times, such as the Iron Age , as well as later ones, such as the Middle Ages . There are several nearby rock-cut tombs , some of which are lavishly decorated, that resemble similar Jewish tombs of Jerusalem during the late Second Temple period . Archeologists disagree on whether Jews , Samaritans , or pagan groups used this necropolis and other nearby similar sites in western Samaria . Nonetheless, the majority of archaeologists believe the site to be a Jewish necropolis constructed for the rural Jewish elites of the area, possibly by Jewish craftsmen who fled Jerusalem prior to its siege and destruction in 70 CE .
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archeological site in the state of palestine
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archeological site in the west bank
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