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-'''Mampsis / Mamshit ''' (Kurnub) was one of the [[Nabatean Cities]] (then Roman and Byzantine) in the [[Negev]].
-==Overview==
-The city was established by the [[Nabateans]] in the [[Negev]] as a road station for their caravans along  a secondary branch of the [[Incense Route]] connecting [[Petra]] with [[Gaza]]. It was the smallest of the Nabatean cities in the area--[[Oboda]], [[Elusa]], [[Nessana]], [[Rehovot]], and [[Sobata]].
-Agricultural project were carried out to sustain the population.
-The Roman conquest of 106 CE brought about new periods of prosperity that continued in the Byzantine period, when the city became renowned mainly for the breeding of race-horses. The city was destroyed, probably by earthquake, and abandoned in the 7th century.
-==Mampsis in ancient sources==
-*See [[Mampsis (sources)]]
-==Mampsis in scholarship==
-Mampsis was first "rediscovered" by the German historian, [[Ulrich Jasper Seetzen]], who visited the [[Negev]] in 1806 disguised as Musa al-Hakim (Moses the doctor). Extensive excavations were conducted by [[Avraham Negev]] from 1965-73.
-==Mampsis in fiction==
-==External links==
-*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamshit Wikipedia]
-*[http://www.bibleplaces.com/mampsis.htm BiblePlaces.com]
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