al-Jammama

This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Al-Jammama (Arabic: الجمامه) was a Palestinian Arab village located in the Negev desert 30 km north west of the city of Beersheba.

The village was an archeological site, containing cisterns, an olive press, mosaic floors, tombs, the crown of a stone column, and stone tools from the Middle Paleolithic period have been found in the vicinity.

[6] In 1883, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) found at Khurbet Jemmameh: "Remains of a ruined village, about 20 houses.

[3] During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War it was captured by Israel's Negev and Givati brigades on May 22, 1948, and its inhabitants were expelled.

Bedouin still camp near the site occasionally to take advantage of nearby pasture.

al Jammama 1945 1:250,000
al Jammama 1947 1:20,000
Jammama. 1948