Ancient underground quarry

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An ancient underground quarry in the Jordan Valley was discovered in 2009 by University of Haifa archeologists. The quarry is located about 3 miles north of Jericho, West Bank. ()

Coordinates: 31°54'45"N, 35°27'44"E

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Ancient underground quarry – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hisham's Palace, Mount of Temptation, Monastery of Saints John and George of Choziba, Allenby Bridge.

2.1 miS
Historical place, Archaeological site
Hisham's Palace, Jericho
54 min walk • Hisham's Palace is an important early Islamic archaeological site of the Umayyad dynasty from the first half of the 8th century, one of the so-called Umayyad desert castles. It is located at Khirbat al-Mafjar, 5 km north of the town of Jericho, West Bank.
3.2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount of Temptation, Jericho
82 min walk • The Mount of Temptation is said to be the hill in the Judean Desert where Jesus was tempted by the devil.
5.6 miSW
Monastery
Monastery of Saints John and George of Choziba
142 min walk • The Saint George Monastery in Wadi Qelt, also known in Arabic as Mar Jaris, is a monastery located in Wadi Qelt, in the Jericho Governorate in the eastern West Bank.
5.3 miSE
Bridge
Allenby Bridge
136 min walk • The Allenby Bridge, known officially in Jordan as the King Hussein Bridge, and also called Al-Karameh Bridge by Palestinian Arabs, is a bridge that crosses the Jordan River near the city of Jericho, and connects the West Bank with Jordan.
3.3 miSW
Sacred and religious sites, Monastery
Monastery of the Temptation, Jericho
84 min walk • The Monastery of the Temptation is a Greek Orthodox monastery located in Jericho, Palestine. It was built on the slopes of the Mount of Temptation 350 meters above sea level, situated along a cliff overlooking the city of Jericho and the Jordan Valley.
5.5 miSW
Synagogue
Wadi Qelt, Jericho
140 min walk • The Wadi Qelt Synagogue is the name given by some to a building controversially identified by its excavator, archaeologist Ehud Netzer, as a Hasmonean-period synagogue.
6.8 miSE
Church
Qasr al-Yahud
174 min walk • Qasr al-Yahud is the western section of the traditional site of the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist on the Jordan River.
3 miS
Archaeological site
Tower of Jericho, Jericho
77 min walk • The Tower of Jericho is an 8.5-metre-tall stone structure, built in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A period around 8000 BCE. It is considered the world’s first stone building, and possibly the world's first work of monumental architecture.
2.7 miS
Synagogue
Jericho synagogue, Jericho
70 min walk • The Jericho synagogue dates to the late 6th or early 7th century CE and was discovered in Jericho in 1936.
5.3 miN
Archaeological site
Netiv HaGdud
136 min walk • Netiv HaGdud is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav in the West Bank. Located in the Jordan Valley around twenty kilometres north of Jericho, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 212.
3.2 miS
Historical place, Ruins
Tell es-Sultan, Jericho
81 min walk • Tell es-Sultan, also known as Tel Jericho or Ancient Jericho, is a UNESCO-nominated archaeological site in the West Bank, located adjacent to the Ein as-Sultan refugee camp two kilometres north of the centre of Jericho.