Isfiya

Isfiya, also called Ussefiya or Usifiyeh, is a Druze-majority metropolis and neighborhood council in northern Israel. Located on Mount Carmel, it's miles a part of Haifa District. In 2017 its population turned into. In 2003, the nearby council became merged with close by Daliyat al-Karmel to shape Carmel City. However, the brand new city became dissolved in 2008 and the two villages resumed their unbiased status. Isfiya turned into constructed at the ruins of a Byzantine settlement. Crusader remnants had been located within the village. In 1930, remains of a 5th-century Jewish metropolis, Husifah, have been unearthed in Isfiya.

Among the finds are a synagogue with a mosaic ground bearing Jewish symbols and the inscription "Peace upon Israel." A cache of 4,500 gold cash had been observed relationship from the Roman duration. A constructing, dating from the second–fourth centuries CE have been excavated, together with ceramics and coins dating from the duration. Isfiya became mentioned as a part of the area of the Sultan during the hudna between the Crusaders primarily based in Acre and the Mamluk sultan al-Mansurd in 1283.