Ha-Ro‘a

Ha-Ro‘a is just down the road from Haluqim (on which, see the previous post). Like Haluqim, this site has a large Negev-type “fortress” and a pillared house (5 room rather than 4 room) dating to the early Iron Age, possibly the tenth century BCE. The close proximity of these two contemporaneous “fortresses” is an indication, one among many, that they are not in fact fortresses. They are instead an early type of “Israelite” settlement.

Visit Ha-Ro‘a and compare it with Haluqim.