🏛️ Elusa-Oboda
Nabatean and Roman settlement ruins in the Negev Desert
📌 Fast Facts
- Located in the central Negev Desert, Israel, approximately 40 km southwest of Beersheba
- Major Nabatean trading hub from the 1st century BCE, later occupied during the Roman and Byzantine periods
- UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of the "Nabatean Structures in the Negev" serial site, inscribed 2005)
- Excavations and restoration ongoing; open to visitors with limited infrastructure
Elusa-Oboda represents the remains of an important Nabatean city situated along desert trade routes connecting the Mediterranean, the ...