Zakariyya has an interesting story, including its name . . .
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Near Zakariya is the mound of Tell Zakariya, identified by scholars since the 19th century as biblical Azekah.
(Mandate Survey of Palestine map via palopenmaps.org)
(JPS 1917 translation via mechon-mamre.org)
"We are watching for the fire signals of Lachish...because we cannot see Azekah"
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Eusebius (Onomasticon, early 4th century?) indicates it was a village in his time between Eleutheropolis & Jerusalem
(trans. C. Umhau Wolf, 1971)
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In Zakariyya's case, the village wasn't abandoned, so never became a khirbeh
So holy sites had to be found. Tombs of biblical prophets started to pop up everywhere.