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Shivta
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Shivta (), originally Sobata () or Subeita (), is an ancient city in the Negev Desert of Israel located 43 kilometers southwest of Beersheba. Shivta was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in June 2005, as part of the Incense Route and the Desert Cities of the Negev, together with Haluza/Elusa, Avdat and Mamshit/Mampsis.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Shivta
- Ancient site.native_name
- שבטהشبطا
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- possibly Shubitu (Nabataean), Sobota (ancient Greek), Subeita and Isbeita (Arabic).
- Ancient site.image
- Ruins of a church in Shivta in the Negev.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- Shivta's southern church
- Ancient site.map_type
- Israel
- Ancient site.map_size
- 100
- Ancient site.location
- Southern District, Israel
- Ancient site.region
- Negev
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.abandoned
- 8th/9th century
- Ancient site.cultures
- Nabataean, Byzantine
- Ancient site.excavations
- 1933-1934
- Ancient site.condition
- In ruins
- Ancient site.designation1
- WHS
- Ancient site.designation1_offname
- Incense Route - Desert Cities in the Negev (Haluza, Mamshit, Avdat and Shivta)
- Ancient site.designation1_date
- 2005 (29th session)
- Ancient site.designation1_number
- 1107
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Wikidata facts
- Area
- 484
- Image
- Ruins of a church in Shivta in the Negev.jpg
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Article
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Roman period
- Byzantine period
- Churches
- Agriculture (wine)
- Early Muslim period
- The Armenian graffito from the Southern Church of Shivta
- Excavation history
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Shivta (), originally Sobata () or Subeita (), is an ancient city in the Negev Desert of Israel located 43 kilometers southwest of Beersheba. Shivta was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in June 2005, as part of the Incense Route and the Desert Cities of the Negev, together with Haluza/Elusa, Avdat and Mamshit/Mampsis.
The name Shivta is a modern Hebraization, given by the Negev Naming Committee in the early 1950s. The Greek name Sobata was mentioned in the Nessana papyri.
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