Horvat Kush (Khirbet el Khushsha or Khirbet el Mansurah), situated at the mouth of the Yavne’el Valley, contains remains from several historical periods, ranging from the Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman/Byzantine, and later periods. Remains of residential buildings, casemate walls, aqueducts and agricultural structures and installations have been discovered at the site. It is possibly an Iron Age II fortification that guarded the pass, identified as Biblical Lakum.
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