[3][4] Archaeological fieldwork revealed Iron Age and Second Temple Period remains, indicating a Jewish priestly presence until the Bar Kokhba revolt.

Following the Oslo Accords, Mukhmas' jurisdiction, now under the Palestinian Authority, is divided between Areas B and C.[7] Mikhmas is located 11.2 kilometers (7.0 mi) (horizontally) on the highlands north-east of Jerusalem.

[9] Another archeological site, Khirbet ed-Dawwara, a small Iron Age I Israelite ruin dating back to the 11th-10th century BCE, is situated 1.5 km southeast of the village.

These findings led archeologists to believe that Mukhmas was a Jewish priestly settlement which was populated up until Bar-Kokhba revolt in the early 2nd century CE.

Two lintel stones are built over the door of another house, one with three crosses in circles, the second with a design apparently cut in half.

He also mentioned a local maqam named Sultan Ibrahim, alongside rock-cut tombs, irregularly shaped caves, and remnants of hewn stones and sculptures.

[19] In 1883 the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Mukhmas as: "A small stone village on the slope of a ridge.

There are foundations and remains of former buildings in the village; on the south a steep slope leads clown to the great valley, Wady Suweinit.

[29] In 2010, Israeli Settlers from Ofra and Migron uprooted several hundred olive trees owned by the people of Mukhmas.

[7] The village is subject to settler attacks, invasion of fields and pastures, destruction of trees and violence against residents.

[31] In 2011, Israeli settlers from the nearby settlement of Ma'ale Mikhmas set fire to about a hundred olive trees belonging to the people of Mukhmas.