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| '''Abu Kabir''' ({{lang-he-n|אבו כביר}}), also known as '''Givat Herzl''' ({{lang-he-n|גבעת הרצל}}, lit. ]'s hill) is a neighborhood located in the southern part of ], Israel. It contained an ancient Jewish ] which was looted mainly during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. <ref>http://www.khm.uio.no/utstillinger/doedskult/deadclassic/text_15.html</ref> | |||
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| ==History== | |||
| ⚫ | Now a part of greater ] officially known as |
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| ⚫ | The name Abu Kabir originally referred to a suburb located east of ] in ]-era ]. Originally called ''Sakhanat Abu Kabir'', it was founded by ] of ] in ] after he captured Jaffa from the Ottomans and populated by people of ] village .<ref>Michael Dumper and Bruce E. Stanley, , ISBN 1576079198, 2006, p. 200</ref><ref></ref> | ||
| In 1871 the French archeologist ] visited Abu Kabir, and discovered ancient Jewish tombstones found by the locals when quarrying building stone. The Jewish tombs have been dated to the 1st-3rd centuries AD. Most of the necropolis is now in area of the ] Saint Peter's Church compound. | |||
| ⚫ | Now a part of greater ] officially known as Giv'at Herzl, the area is still informally called Abu Kabir. A prison in the area is known as the Abu Kabir Prison, and the ] also located there is also known informally simply as the "]".<ref>Yael Cohen, , ], 27 September 2002</ref><ref>Judy Siegel, , ], 28 December 2000</ref> | ||
| == References == | == References == | ||
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Abu Kabir (Template:Lang-he-n), also known as Givat Herzl (Template:Lang-he-n, lit. Herzl's hill) is a neighborhood located in the southern part of Tel Aviv, Israel. It contained an ancient Jewish necropolis which was looted mainly during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
History
The name Abu Kabir originally referred to a suburb located east of Jaffa in Ottoman-era Palestine. Originally called Sakhanat Abu Kabir, it was founded by Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt in 1834 after he captured Jaffa from the Ottomans and populated by people of Tall al Kabir village .
In 1871 the French archeologist Charles Simon Clermont-Ganneau visited Abu Kabir, and discovered ancient Jewish tombstones found by the locals when quarrying building stone. The Jewish tombs have been dated to the 1st-3rd centuries AD. Most of the necropolis is now in area of the Russian Orthodox Saint Peter's Church compound.
Now a part of greater Tel Aviv officially known as Giv'at Herzl, the area is still informally called Abu Kabir. A prison in the area is known as the Abu Kabir Prison, and the L. Greenberg Institute of Forensic Medicine also located there is also known informally simply as the "Abu Kabir Forensic Institute".
References
- http://www.khm.uio.no/utstillinger/doedskult/deadclassic/text_15.html
- Michael Dumper and Bruce E. Stanley, Cities of the Middle East and North Africa: a historical encyclopedia, ISBN 1576079198, 2006, p. 200
- Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel Tourism
- Yael Cohen, Identifying dead, comforting the survivors at Abu Kabir, Cleveland Jewish News, 27 September 2002
- Judy Siegel, Foreign experts to inspect Abu Kabir forensic institute, Jerusalem Post, 28 December 2000
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