Bir al-Maksur


Bir al-Maksur or Beer el-Maksura is an Arab Bedouin local council in the Northern District of Israel located north-west of Nazareth. In its population was. The villagers belong to the Arab el-Hujeirat Bedouin tribe, settled there in the 1950s. In 2022, 100% of the population was Muslim.
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History and archaeology

Flint from the Mousterian culture, made with the Levallois technique, in addition to remains from Pre-Pottery Neolithic A and B have been found during excavations.
Sherds from Iron age I, and possibly Iron age II have also been found.
A burial cave, with ceramics and artefacts dating to the late Roman period, that is, 3rd–4th centuries CE, has been unearthed.
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine noted at Kh. el Maksur: "Heaps of stones."

Notable people