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Neapolis

NEAPOLIS (Ancient city) PALESTINE
Neapolis. In Palestine, the Sychem or Sychar of Scripture (Suchem, Suchar, Sikima, Nablous), one of the most ancient cities of Samaria, stood in the narrow valley between Mounts Ebal and Gerizim, and was the religious capital of the Samaritans, whose temple stood on Mount Gerizim before its destruction by Hyrcanus, B.C. 129. Its full Roman name was Flavia Neapolis. Here was born Justin Martyr.

This text is cited Oct 2002 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks

Perseus: Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Per...