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*[http://holyland-pictures.com/tag/negev/shivta/ Pictures of Shivta] |
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*[http://www.co-ground.com/common/360_Shivtah_m.html 360 degrees panorama of Shivtah] |
*[http://www.co-ground.com/common/360_Shivtah_m.html 360 degrees panorama of Shivtah] |
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http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1107/[[User:RoneBennett|RoneBennett]] ([[User talk:RoneBennett|talk]]) 21:03, 29 February 2008 (UTC) |
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A section of the Incense Route in Israel:[[User:RoneBennett|RoneBennett]] ([[User talk:RoneBennett|talk]]) 21:03, 29 February 2008 (UTC) |
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[[Media:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIFcmWymFH4]] |
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Revision as of 21:03, 29 February 2008
| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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| Criteria | Cultural: iii, v |
| Reference | 1107 |
| Inscription | 2005 (29th Session) |
Shivta or Sobota (Hebrew: שבטה), is an archeological site in the Negev Desert of Israel, east to Nitzana.
Long considered a classic Nabatean town and terminal on the ancient spice route, archeologists are now considering the possibility that the town was actually a Byzantine agricultural colony and a way station for pilgrims en route to the Santa Catarina, Egypt , located on the supposed site of Mount Sinai.
The new assessment of Shivta is based on an analysis of the irrigation system found at the site, which bears parallels to Byzantine structures elsewhere. Until now, the preponderance of Byzantine ruins were believed to be the remains of a monastic community that established itself on the ruins of an earlier Nabatean town.
Shivta was declared a world heritage site by UNESCO on June 2005.
External links
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1107/RoneBennett (talk) 21:03, 29 February 2008 (UTC) A section of the Incense Route in Israel:RoneBennett (talk) 21:03, 29 February 2008 (UTC) Media:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIFcmWymFH4
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