Er-Ramthaniyye
History
In CE 377, a sanctuary for John the Baptist was established inside a monastery at Er-Ramathiniyye. The sanctuary was often visited by Ghassanids, and the village had annual celebrations for the Baptist.
Christians inhabited Ramthaniyye in the Roman and Byzantine eras. Excavations have revealed a chapel, burial cave and sherds from the Late Roman era. Christian Greek inscriptions and tombstones from the Byzantine period with Greek inscriptions have also been discovered. No remains from other religious groups have been found.
The village was inhabited during the Ottoman era. Gottlieb Schumacher visited the site in the 1880s and documented crosses, ornaments and Greek inscriptions.
After Israel occupied the area in the Six-Day War, they began destroying Syrian villages in the Golan Heights. Ramthaniyye was destroyed in 1967. The population before the war was 1304.
See also
References
- ^ Murphy, Ray; Gannon, Declan (2008). "Changing the Landscape: Israel's Gross Violations of International Law in the Occupied Syrian Golan" (PDF). al-Marsad. p. 68.
- ^ "Golan Heights and vicinity : October 1994". The Library of Congress. 1994-01-01. Retrieved 2024-08-31. (Ar Ramthaniyye shown as an abandoned/dismantled Syrian village)
- ^ Sivan 2008, pp. 102–103
- ^ Sivan 2008, p. 99
- ^ Sivan 2008, pp. 103
- ^ Gregg, Robert C. (2000). "Marking Religious and Ethnic Boundaries: Cases from the Ancient Golan Heights". Church History. 69 (3). American Society of Church History, Cambridge University Press: 533. ISSN 0009-6407. JSTOR 3169396. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
- ^ Syon & David 2023, pp. 155
- ^ Syon & David 2023, pp. 155
- ^ Syon & David 2023, pp. 155
- ^ Schumacher, Gottlieb (1888). The Jaulân: Surveyed for the German Society for the Exploration of the Holy Land. London: Richard Bentley and Son. p. 231-235.
- ^ Shai (2006). "The Fate of Abandoned Arab Villages in Israel, 1965-1969". History and Memory. 18 (2): 100–101. doi:10.2979/his.2006.18.2.86.
- ^ Sulimani & Kletter 2022, pp. 55–56
- ^ "al-Marsad" (PDF). p. 6. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
Bibliography
- Sivan, Hagith (2008). Palestine in Late Antiquity. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191608674.
- Sulimani, Gideon; Kletter, Raz (2022). "Settler-Colonialism and the Diary of an Israeli Settler in the Golan Heights: The Notebooks of Izhaki Gal". Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies. 21 (1). Edinburgh University Press: 48–71. doi:10.3366/hlps.2022.0283. ISSN 2054-1988.
- Syon, Danny; David, Chaim Ben (2023). "A Boundary Stone from Kafr Nafaḥ and the Preservation of Ancient Place Names in the Northern and Central Golan Heights". 'Atiqot / עתיקות. 110. Israel Antiquities Authority / רשות העתיקות: 149–158. ISSN 0792-8424. JSTOR 27204906. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
External links
- الرمثانية".. آثار الأرض البركانية - Interview with the Director of the Quneitra Antiquities Department about Er-Ramthaniyye
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