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Rehovot is a city in the Center District of Israel, about 20 kilometers (12 mi) south of Tel Aviv.
Rehovot was established near a site called Khirbat Deiran, which now lies in the center of the built-up area of the city.
Excavations at Khirbat Deiran have revealed signs of habitation in the Hellenic and Roman periods and through the Byzantine period, with a major expansion to about 60 dunams during the early centuries of Islamic rule. Evidence of Jewish and possibly Samaritan occupants during the Roman and Byzantine periods has been found.
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