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Khirbet el-ʿAqd

a Pleiades place resource

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Fort located near ancient Emmaus in the West Bank, constructed in the Hellenistic period and expanded with additional fortifications during the Roman period.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/790144354

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
31.8362647801, 35.0085309177

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Representative Locations:
- OSM Location: Khirbet el-'Aqd (330 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- חורבת עקד (Horvat 'Eqed: Modern Hebrew, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- خربة العقد (Khirbet el-ʻAqd: Modern Standard Arabic, AD 1900 - AD 2099)

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Place type:
fort

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Gabriel Mckee, 'Khirbet el-ʿAqd: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/790144354> [accessed: 10 December 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/790144354 |title=Places: 790144354 (Khirbet el-ʿAqd) |author=Mckee, G. |accessdate=December 10, 2025 3:55 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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