Khirbet a-Ra'i
Khirbet ar-Ra'i is an archaeological site located in the Shfela, located some 3 km northwest of Tel Lakhish on a hill on the Lakhish River's southern bank.

It has been surveyed by the PEF Survey of Palestine in 1875 and by Yehudah Dagan in 1992. It was first excavated in October 2015 and April 2016 on behalf of the Institute of Archaeology at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Israel Antiquities Authority and under the direction of by Yosef Garfinkel and Saar Ganor. Two excavation areas (A and B) were opened were the remains of structures could be seen on the surface. The excavation revealed the ruins of a massive structure dating to the Iron Age I–II and fences from the Ottoman period. Other periods were represented in potsherds from the Middle Bronze Age, Persian, Hellenistic, Byzantine, Early Islamic and Ottoman periods.

Khirbet a-Ra'i has an area of about 17 dunams and is located between the upper and lower parts of the Shfela. It provides an excellent view towards the coastal region in the west, the Mount Hebron and Jerusalem in the east and Tell ej-Judeideh and Maresha to the north. The site controls the main road connecting the Coastal plain with the Shfela and the Judea. These features make the site suitable to serve as a forward outpost of the settlements in the area of Tel Lakhish.
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Shfela
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Q848509
Tel Lakhish
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Q2469454
Lakhish River
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PEF Survey of Palestine
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Hebrew University of Jerusalem
ORG
Q2744135
Israel Antiquities Authority
ORG
Q2918851
Yosef Garfinkel
PER
Q2743370
Saar Ganor
PER
Q2917083
Mount Hebron
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Q1218
Jerusalem
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Q7697539
Tell ej-Judeideh
Concept
Q1507676
Maresha
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Q104028
Judea
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Q89137529
Khirbet a-Ra'i
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1875
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1992-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1992
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2015-10-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
October 2015
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2016-04-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
April 2016
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3
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17
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located in the administrative territorial entity