The ancient site of Nessana, next to modern Nitzana, was never a city but a town. The site was occupied through the Early Roman period and appears to have declined in the Late Roman period. It was revived towards the end of the 4th c. CE and was continously occupied until the 9th c. CE. The agriculture in the area dates to the Byzantine and Early Islamic periods.

Just for those talkbackers who think that Arabs only showed up in Palestine only after the birth of the Prophet Muhammad! Nabateans of course existed 500 years B.C. Moreover, the Canaanites are another ancient Arabs who also moved in from the Arabian Peninsula

Arabs and especially Muslims were never descendants of the Cananites. There is not one iota of data to prove this, so quit the propaganda and lies.