The archaeological site, also known Horbat Zekharya (Hebrew: חורבת זכריה) is today located next to the Technological Park of Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, Israel.

It forms part of a cluster of sites located in the Modi'in hills next to ancient roads linking Jerusalem and the coastal plain.

[5] In the 19th century it gave the name for an agricultural estate, which formed part of the territory controlled by the Palestinian-Arab Khawaja family of the Yaman tribal group, based in the village of Ni'lin to the east.

Zakariyya: "at this moment they are covered with magnificent harvests, in the midst of which I observe many sherds of antique pottery and a considerable number of cubes of mosaic scattered on the ground.

"[11] At nearby el Habs they found what would "appear to have been a hermit's cell, consisting of a long excavated chamber, with windows opening north-wards, cut high up in a scarp of rock facing north.

"[12] In 1891, Paul M. Séjourné visited the site during a tour in the region and found the baptistery dedicated to Sophronia on top of a mound.

[5] During the 90s the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) conducted a survey in the region headed by Alon Shavit and the three sites were visited.

[14] In 1998 the IAA surveyed an area allocated for the construction of the Modi'in Techonological Park, including H. Kelah, H. Zakariya and their agricultural hinterlands on the hills to the south and east.

[15] In 2017–2018, an extensive excavation conducted by Avraham S. Tendler of the IAA revealed a large previously unknown Islamic-period settlement south of the known antiquities at Kh.

The excavators concluded that like its previous phase, the prosperous settlement of the Early Islamic period may have had a Christian, Muslim or mixed population.

These included structures built of ashlar stones, rock-cut caves, one featuring a staircase, installations, and a concentration of cist tombs.

The indicative finds were dated to the Iron Age II, Persian, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, and Early Islamic periods.