Bir al-Maksur


Bir al-Maksur or Beer el-Maksura is an Arab Bedouin local council in the Northern District of Israel located north-west of Nazareth. In its population was. The villagers belong to the Arab el-Hujeirat Bedouin tribe, settled there in the 1950s.

History

from the Mousterian culture, made with the Levallois technique, in addition to remains from Pre-Pottery Neolithic A and Pre-Pottery Neolithic B have been excavated here.
Sherds from Iron age I, and possibly Iron age II have been found here.
A burial cave, with ceramics and artefacts dating to the late Roman era, that is, third–fourth centuries CE, have been excavated here.
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine noted at Kh.el Maksur: "Heaps of stones."

Notable residents