Object description

Jamnith , also Jabnith, Yavnit , Iamnia, or in medieval parlance, Abnit / Ovnit, is a ruin in the Upper Galilee that came to renown during the First Jewish Revolt in the 1st-century CE. The ruin, known locally by the name Khurbet esh-Sheikh Banit, or simply Kh. Banît, lies about 3.4 kilometres to the northeast of Safed, in the Biriya Forest, and was once a fortified town towards the northeast of Mount Canaan , upon a hill called Har Yavnit. The hill on which the village ruins lie rises 836 metres above sea level and overlooks the Hula valley. Access to the ruin is now restricted because of an enclosed military installation built over the site.