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Mallaha
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🏛️ Ancient ruins

Mallaha

Vanished settlement · Mandatory Palestine

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
—
Coordinates
33.090, 35.582
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Why it was abandoned

🏛️ Ancient ruins

Detected automatically from the text: It is also one of the names used in English to refer to the ancient Natufian era settlement at the site.

History

Mallaha was a Palestinian Arab village, located 16 kilometers (9.9 mi) northeast of Safed, on the highway between the latter and Tiberias. 'Ain Mallaha is the local Arabic name for a spring that served as the water source for the village inhabitants throughout the ages. It is also one of the names used in English to refer to the ancient Natufian era settlement at the site.

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