Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut
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Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, usually referred to as just Modi'in, is a city in the Central District of Israel, about 35 kilometres southeast of Tel Aviv and 30 kilometres west of Jerusalem, and is connecte
View of Modi'in
Three possible locations of Modi'in
Umm el-Umdan, 1926
Anava Park
Modi'in (ancient city)
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Modi’in, also Modi’im, and later, Moditha, was an ancient Jewish city located in Judea, near the modern city of Modi'in, Israel. First mentioned in the Books of Maccabees, it was the hometown of the p
Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut
…in that year was 1,794 people per square kilometer. The modern city, which was built in the 20th century, is named after the ancient Jewish town of Modi'in, which existed in the same area. Modi'in was the place of origin of the Maccabees, the Jewish rebels who freed Judea from the rule of the Seleucid…
A Jewish burial cave unearthed at Khirbet Midiyeh, near Mevo Modi'im, one of several proposed sites for the ancient city of Modi'in
Qubur al-Yahud, pictured in 1960
Al-Midya (el Medieh), Khirbet el-Hammam and Sheikh el-Garbawi in the PEF Survey of Western Palestine (1871–77)
Part of a Jewish rock-cut burial complex excavated in 1995 at Khirbet el-Hammam