ABU ET-TWEIN, KHIRBET (M.R. 158119). An Iron Age fortress located on the summit of a remote ridge in the W slopes of the Hebron Hills, E of the Valley of Elah. The site was surveyed and excavated in 1974–75 by A. Mazar. The fortress is a square structure, ca. 30 × 30 m, with thin outer walls, yet the
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TWEIN, KHIRBET ABU EL. An Iron Age site located on the western slopes of the Hebron Hills. Excavations directed by Mazar revealed a large fortified building on a hilltop overlooking the Shephelah and coastal plain. The building had a central courtyard surrounded by large halls, some of them crossed by