The village of Sh'afat [Shuafat], on the supposed site of Nob, the city of the priests. The conical hill in the background is the artificial mound called Taliel-el-Fûl. By some writers Nob has been identified with El Isawîyeh, a village in the same district. from the book Picturesque Palestine, Sinai, and Egypt By Colonel Wilson, Charles William, Sir, 1836-1905. Published in New York by D. Appleton and Company in 1881 with engravings in steel and wood from original Drawings by Harry Fenn and J. D. Woodward Volume 1

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Location: Holy Land, palestine
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