<< Our Photo Pages >> Southern Itro pass - Stone Row / Alignment in Israel
Submitted by motist on Sunday, 25 July 2010 Page Views: 2891
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Southern Itro passCountry: Israel Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Eilat Nearest Village: Grofit
Latitude: 29.938809N Longitude: 35.022184E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
Internal Links:
External Links:
"Baraka" in Arabic means Blessing, You can find this Heaps all over the Middle East deserts mostly alongside ancient roads.
To throw stones on a "Baraka" heap is an ancient custom. Believing in existence of demons and bad spirits the wanderers in the desert created a Road Cult to "secure " their journeys. Along the ancient 'Hajj roads to Mecca we find plenty "Baraka" heaps.
Throwing stones on "Baraka"heaps, erecting Matseboth And Crenellation lines (see link) is part of that cult.
on Crenellation lines see our articles:
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=16655
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=16542
on "Baraka" heaps:The Stoning of the Demons at Mina
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoning_of_the_Devil
http://www.answering-islam.org/Gilchrist/Vol1/7d.html (chapter 3)
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.
Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Click here to see more info for this site
Nearby sites
Click here to view sites on an interactive map of the areaKey: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed
Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)
To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.
Turn off the page maps and other distractions
Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
1.6km SW 232° Mount Shacharut* Ancient Temple
2.4km NNE 14° Itro pass Roded Figurines* Ancient Temple
3.3km SSW 196° S' of Shacharut pass Open Air Sanctuaries* Ancient Temple
3.5km NNE 17° Top Itro pass 7 Matseboth* Standing Stone (Menhir)
4.4km S 177° Zugan Pass Cult Site* Ancient Temple
5.4km WNW 288° East Uvda valley cult sites* Ancient Temple
5.4km WNW 291° Leopards Open Sanctuary* Ancient Temple
5.6km W 276° Uvda Valley habitation site No 18* Ancient Village or Settlement
5.6km W 274° Uvda Valley habitation site No 9* Ancient Village or Settlement
6.5km NNE 31° Grofit hights* Ancient Temple
6.8km SW 223° Wadi 'Isaron* Ancient Village or Settlement
7.0km SW 218° North wadi Tse'ela open air sanctuary* Ancient Temple
7.4km SW 217° Wadi Tse'ela Habitation site* Ancient Village or Settlement
7.5km NNE 17° Mount Ayah* Ancient Temple
9.1km NNW 348° Mt. Na'atsuts cluster of megalithic Matseboth* Standing Stone (Menhir)
9.3km NNE 23° Mt. 'Ai'it sites* Ancient Temple
10.3km NNW 334° Upper Wadi Hayun* Standing Stones
10.4km NNE 31° lower wadi Qtura* Ancient Village or Settlement
10.8km NNE 23° Upper Qtura Pass Masseboth* Standing Stones
11.1km NNE 18° Upper Wadi Qtura Massebah* Standing Stone (Menhir)
11.1km NNE 18° Upper Wadi Qtura Flint Workshop* Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
11.5km WSW 241° Wadi Hagdera-'Uvda camp & cult site* Ancient Village or Settlement
11.8km NNE 24° Mt. Qtura Roded type open air sanctuary* Ancient Temple
12.7km NNE 24° East of Qtura valley camp site and open air sanctuary* Ancient Village or Settlement
13.1km N 7° Mt. Shizzafon camp site* Ancient Village or Settlement
View more nearby sites and additional images
We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.