 The total area of the site is six dunams and it is situated on a round hill with an elevation of 510 meters above sea level, close to where Wadi Wadian and Wadi Beit Imrin meet.The site is named "Naqb" because it is near a "naqb" (old pathway) between Jaba' and Sebastia to the south.Pottery sherds date back to the Hellenistic, Roman, Persian and Byzantine periods.