Balama Tunnel Jenin نفق بلعمة/جنين

Balama Tunnel Jenin نفق بلعمة/جنين Khirbet Bal’ama and the Water Tunnel
Khirbet Balamah is located approximately 2 km. to the Ottoman period. century BC.

south of the centre of Jenin on the left hand side of the main Nablus-Jenin road. The site guards the southernmost pass to Marj Ibn Amer and commands the historic route of Wadi Bal’ama and links the Arraba Plain with Marj Ibn Amer. Archaeological surveys and excavations at the 90 dunums site reveal a long history of occupation, extending from the Early Bronze Age (3000 B.C.) Khirbet Balamah is ide

ntified with Ibleam, one of the ancient cities of Canaan, and a royal fortified city in the Egyptian Archives. It is mentioned in the list of Canaanite cities conquered by Tuthmoses III during the 15th. The location was referred to by different names over different periods. During the classical period it was known as Belmont, and in the medieval period as Castellum Beleismum

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