Tel Masos; Khirbet al-Msas; Hirbet el-Mšaš Complete

Description

Archaeological campaigns at Tel Masos in the 1970s, led by Yohanan Aharoni, Volkmar Fritz, and Aharon Kempinski, primarily investigated the Bronze- and Iron-Age occupation levels. Alongside this main objective, the excavations also exposed the remains of a Byzantine monastery located nearby in Area D. Tel Masos lies in the Beersheba stream valley, approximately 20 km east of the modern city of Beersheba. Plan source: Fritz V., Kempinski A. 1983, III, Plan 1. Further reading: Duncan, C. E. 2008. An investigation into the Geography, Theology, and Architecture of the Byzantine Monastery at Tel Masos. MA thesis supervised by Jodi Magness, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Figueras P. 1995. "Monks and Monasteries in the Negev Desert", Liber Annuus 45, 401-450. Fritz V., Kempinski A. 1983. Ergebnisse Der Ausgrabungen Auf Der Hirbet El-Msas (Tel Masos) 1972-1975: Teil I: Textband. Teil II: Tafelband. Teil III: Plane, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.