🏛️ Elusa-Oboda
Nabatean and Byzantine desert city ruins in the Negev
📌 Fast Facts
- Located in the Negev Desert, southern Israel, approximately 40 km southwest of Beersheba
- Major Nabatean settlement from the 1st century BCE through Byzantine period
- UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the "Incense Routes — Avdat, Mamshit, Haluza (Elusa), and Shivta" (inscribed 2005)
- Largely unexcavated; accessible as open-air archaeological zone with minimal infrastructure
Elusa, known locally as Oboda or Haluza, stands as one of the four major Nabatean cities along the ...