Khirbet el-'Ormeh

Khirbet el-'Ormeh - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Khirbet el-'Ormeh () or Horvat Ormah () is an archaeological site located in the West Bank, around ten kilometers southeast of the Palestinian city of Nablus. The site contains the remains of a Hasmonean-Herodian fortress consisting of a fortification wall, rectangular towers constructed in the Hellenistic style, and a series of large cisterns for storing rainwater.Raviv, D. (2019). The Arumah fortress (Khirbet al-ʿUrma): a fortified sites from the Second Temple Period in eastern Samaria. Israel Exploration Journal, 69(2), 202-219. Read more on Wikipedia

type: ancient site
date from: Hellenistic to late Roman period

Source: en.wikipedia.org