Nehusha
{{Short description|Moshav in central Israel}}
{{Infobox Israel village
| name = Nehusha
| image = Nehusha.jpg
| caption = Nehusha seen from the hill of Khirbat Umm Burj
| founded = 1955
| hebname = נְחוּשָׁה
| founded_by =
| district = jerusalem
| council = Mateh Yehuda
| affiliation = Hapoel HaMizrachi
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Nehusha}}
| population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}}
| pushpin_map=Israel jerusalem |pushpin_mapsize=250 |pushpin_label_position=top
|coordinates = {{coord|31|37|43|N|34|57|8|E|display=inline,title}}
| website = [http://www.nechusha.org.il/ www.nechusha.org.il]
}}
Nehusha ({{langx|he|נְחוּשָׁה||Steadfast}}) is a moshav in central Israel. Located five kilometres north-east of Beit Guvrin, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Nehusha}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
History
The moshav was established in 1955 on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of Umm Burj.{{Citation|title=All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ|first1=Walid|last1=Khalidi|authorlink=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=Washington D.C.|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies|ISBN=0-88728-224-5|pages=217, 224}}, Although the village collapsed in 1968, it was re-established in 1981. Its name is derived from the name of the Biblical town of Ir-Nachash (1 Chronicles 4:12)Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p. 361, {{ISBN|965-220-186-3}} (English) nearby and from Psalms 18:35 (where it is translated as brass, although its meaning is steadfast or firm);
Who traineth my hands for war, so that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.
Archaeology
In 2004 an archaeological excavation was conducted at Nehusha by Rona Avissar on behalf of Bar Ilan University's Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology.Israel Antiquities Authority, [http://www.antiquities.org.il/m_digs_eng.aspx?shana=2004 Excavators and Excavations Permit for Year 2004], Survey Permit # B-283
The excavation revealed about 30 entrances to rock-cut caves, 10 bell shaped caves with plastered walls, rock-cut tombs with kokhim, columbarium, agricultural facilities later to become an underground hiding complex and a stable. Pottery fragments at the site dates back to the Hasmonean dynasty, Roman and Byzantine periods and very few from the medieval period. {{Cite web |title=גיליון 116 לשנת 2004חורבת קיט |url=http://www.hadashot-esi.org.il/report_detail.aspx?id=41&mag_id=108 |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=www.hadashot-esi.org.il}}
Gallery
File:Khirbet Qayit - signpost.jpg|File:Underground columbarium cross shape.jpgSignpost showing description of ancient ruin, Hurvat Qayit
File:Khirbet Qayit.jpg|The ancient ruin of Qayit, near Nehusha
File:Khirbet Qayit - 2.jpg|Ruin of Qayit near Moshav Nehusha
File:Khirbet Qayit - 4.jpg|Ruin of Qayit near Nehusha
References
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External links
- [http://www.nechusha.org.il/ Village website] {{in lang|he}}
{{Mateh Yehuda Regional Council}}
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Category:1955 establishments in Israel