Nablus
Nablus (Arabic: نابلس Nāblus [næːblʊs] (13px listen), Hebrew: שכם Šəḵem, Biblical Shechem ISO 259-3 Škem, Greek: Νεάπολις Νeapolis) is a Palestinian city in the Samaria Mountains, in a Valley between "Mount Ebal (the mount of the blessing) in the south and "Mount Gerizim (the mount of the curse)" in the north. Nablus was the first Jewish city in the world and Joseph the son of Jacob was barried in the eastern side of the city. according to the Jewish tradition the city of Nablus was the first jewish City in the world.
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| Coordinates: 32°13′20″N 35°15′40″E / 32.22222°N 35.26111°ECoordinates: 32°13′20″N 35°15′40″E / 32.22222°N 35.26111°E | |
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| • Total | 146,493 |
| Website | http://www.nablus.org/ |
the Samaritan
a small comunity of Samaritan is living in the south of the city in a neighbourhood called: "Kiryat Luza" next to Mount Gerizim.
Gallery
- Mt. Gerizim as Seen from Mt. Ebal (2837595897).jpg
- Mt-Grizim-national-park-7920.jpg
- קבר יוסף.JPG
Nablus Media
- Volusian Neapolis.jpg
Coin minted in Nablus (Neapolis), in the name of Emperor Volusian, 251–253 CE
- Ancient ruins in a Nablus neighborhood.JPG
Ruins from antiquity (foreground) in a residential area in Nablus, 2008
Depiction of Nablus (Neapolis) in the Umm ar-Rasas mosaics, 8th century CE
- Nablus Great Mosque-cropped.JPG
Minaret and entrance of 10th-century Great Mosque of Nablus, 1908
- Interior view of Nasr Mosque.JPG
Interior view of the An-Nasr Mosque, converted from a Crusader church to a mosque in the 13th century
- Louis-François Cassas, Vue Generale de Neapolis, dite vulgairement Napelouse et remplaçant l'ancienne Sichem.jpg
Nablus in the 1780s, by Louis-François Cassas.
- Nablus from the 1871-77 Palestine Exploration Fund Survey of Palestine.jpg
Nablus from the 1871–1877 PEF Survey of Palestine
Nablus in 1857, photo by Francis Frith
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Nablus, by W. C. P. Medlycott, in H. B. Tristram, 1865
Other websites
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- Official website
- A site explaining the reasons for the devastated Palestinian economy Archived 2005-10-23 at the Wayback Machine
- Nablus the Culture, reviving cultural life in Nablus Archived 2022-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
- Nablus after Five Years of Conflict December 2005 report by OCHA (PDF).
- Archaeological Remains Found in Nablus
- Picture showing Nablus from east (Panorama) Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Picture showing east region of Nablus (Panorama) – The picture taken from Askar Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Bahjat Sabri, "Urban Aspects in the City of Nablus in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century" An-Najah University Journal for Research - Humanities, Volume 6 (1992)