Karmel/Maon

5km/3mi southeast of Yatta is the large and as yet unexcavated ancient site of Karmel. The Biblical Carmel, along with Maon (2km/1.25mi south), where there are also extensive unexcavated remains, belonged to a rich man named Nabal, whose wife Abigail left Carmel after his death and married David (1 Samuel 25,2-42).