Umm er Rus - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Umm er Rus - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Umm er Rus (), alternate spelling Um Ra'us (literal meaning: "mother of the summits"), is a Roman-Byzantine era ruin that sits high on a spur in the Judean mountains, overlooking the Elah valley. The site was formerly known in Arabic as Umm er Rûs esh-Shamālīya ("the northern Umm er Rus"), to distinguish it from another site by the same name, lying on an adjacent hill to its south. The site takes its Arabic name from the prospect that it affords, having the broad connotation of "the place with the hill-top."Palmer (1881), p. 330 Its older Hebrew appellation is no longer known. The ruin is located a little less than 1 mile northeast of Aviezer. Read more on Wikipedia
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