Khirbet Mazin

Khirbet Mazin (Hebrew: חורבת מזין, מצד קדרון‎) is an archaeological site on the shore of the Dead Sea.

Khirbat Mazin (Metzad Kidron)

History

Khirbet Mazin (Metzad Kidron) consists of the ruins of a fortress and anchorage on the inlet north of Kidron stream. The site was called Khirbet Mazin by the first archaeologists after the name of a nearby wadi. It was later called Qasr el-Rubai and identified with Qasr el-Yahud or Khirbet el-Yahud.[1]

The older part of ruins date to the end of the First Temple Period according to the 8th - 7th centuries BCE Israelite pottery found there. The fortress was enlarged and a dry dock was added during the Hasmonean times as part of their policy to rule the Dead Sea shores. Bronze coins and scraps from a shipwreck were founds outside of the anchorage.[1]

See also

References
  1. Hadas, Gideon (April 2011). "Dead Sea Anchorages". Revue Biblique. 118 (2): 161–179. JSTOR 44092052.

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