Historical place profile
Eboda
Known today as Avdat, this ruined city was founded by the Nabateans in the Negev desert in what is today southern Israel. It flourished into Byzantine times. Along with three other ancient settlements, it was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2005.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:687887
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:687887
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 30.794208, 34.773664
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Known today as Avdat, this ruined city was founded by the Nabateans in the Negev desert in what is today southern Israel. It flourished into Byzantine times. Along with three other ancient settlements, it was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2005.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 70 F4 Eboda
Source and reuse
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Research path
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