Tell 'Aqaba; Cypros - Cypros

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Source of knowledge
Archaeological remains
Excavated site
Excavators: 
NameDate
Netzer
1973-1974
History: 
Initially constructed as a Hasmonean fort, apparently to watch over the approach to Jericho, it was later rebuilt by Herod the Great as a fortified palace. In the Byzantine period, a small monastery was constructed within the ruins of the former palace.
State of certainty: 
Archaeologicaly definitive
Architectural evolution
General outline: 
A small structure within a square precinct was identified as a small monastery or hermitage.
Dating material: 

No precise dating was offered by the excavators. The monastery/hermitage was probably founded along with others in the area sometime in the fifth or sixth centuries.

Phase date
Century: 
5th-6th c.
Dating material: 

No finds dated later than the Byzantine period were reported. It can, therefore, be assumed that the site was abandoned at the end of the Byzantine period.

Phase date
Century: 
7th c.
Within century: 
First half
Post Arab conquest history: 
Abandoned