Motza, also Mozah or Motsa, (Hebrew: מוֹצָא, Arabic: موتسا) is a neighbourhood on the western edge of Jerusalem. It is located in the Judaean Mountains, 600 metres above sea level, connected to Jerusalem by the Jerusalem–Tel Aviv highway, Highway 16, and the winding mountain road to Har Nof.

Mar 3, 2025 · Thousands of arrowheads, a collection of flint tools, axes, sickle blades, and knives were discovered at Motza, as well. Alongside evidence of domesticated animals, the uncovered artifacts indicated a people in transition — teetering between hunter-gatherer and …

Tel Motza or Tel Moẓa[1] is an archaeological site in Motza, on the outskirts of Jerusalem. It includes the remains of a large Neolithic settlement dated to around 8600–8200 BCE, and Iron Age Israelite settlement dating to around 1000 to 500 BCE and identified with the biblical Mozah mentioned in the Book of Joshua.

Jul 16, 2019 · Remains of Neolithic site near Motza, the largest ever discovered in Israel, show mix of agriculture, hunting, animal husbandry -- a society at its peak, say archaeologists

Dec 26, 2019 · Nine thousand years ago — a couple of millennia after the first humble farming villages appeared in the Middle East — Motza was a town ahead of its time, a vanguard of urban life. Home to thousands, the roughly 80-acre site was about 10 to 100 times larger than other settlements of the day.

Jul 17, 2019 · The sprawling Neolithic mega-site, unearthed in the neighbourhood of Motza about 5 kilometres (3 miles) to the west of Jerusalem, was first founded over 10,000 years ago, and by its peak a millennium later would have been a bustling centre of trade and activity for some 2,000–3,000 Stone Age city-dwellers.

Jan 6, 2023 · Israelite Temple at Tel Motza. This site predates the first known settlement in Jerusalem by about 3,500 years. Experts had not thought that people lived in such a concentrated fashion during this time in the region.

Motza Illit (Hebrew: מוֹצָא עִלִּית, מוצא עילית, lit. 'Upper Motza') is a community settlement in central Israel. Located on a slope overlooking the Jerusalem Mountains , Ein Karem , the Motza Valley and Jerusalem , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council .

May 7, 2021 · Motza is located on the south side of highway 1 — the enormously busy traffic artery that links Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Motza, also Mozah or Motsa, ( Hebrew: מוֹצָא‎) is a neighbourhood on the...

Feb 6, 2025 · A recent study details an extraordinary archaeological discovery in the hills of Jerusalem. At the ancient Motza site, researchers unearthed a tomb dating back to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B period (...