Editing Adummim (section)

====Templar castle of Maldoim====
Across the [[Highway 1 (Israel)|modern highway]] from the Inn of the Good Samaritan/Khan al-Hatruri,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Good Samaritan Museum |url=https://en.parks.org.il/ParksAndReserves/GoodSamaritanInn/Pages/default.aspx}}{{dead link|date=July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Inn of the Good Samaritan |url=https://biblewalks.com/Sites/GoodSamaritanInn.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428093807/https://biblewalks.com/Sites/GoodSamaritanInn.html |archive-date=2018-04-28 |website=BibleWalks.com}}</ref> are the archaeological remains of a medieval castle known to the [[Kingdom of Jerusalem|Crusaders]] as Maldoim, Adumim, or Rouge Cisterne / Cisterna Rubea (Red Cistern), among other names.<ref name=Pringle/> In Arabic it is known as Qal'at ad-Damm, "Blood Castle".<ref name=Pringle/> It was built by the [[Templars]] before 1169/72, probably at the site of a Late Roman fort, to protect the road between Jerusalem and Jericho.<ref name="Pringle">{{Cite book |last=Pringle |first=Denys |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-_NbE5obqRMC |title=Secular Buildings in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: An Archaeological Gazetteer |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1997 |isbn=9780521460101 |page=78 |chapter=Qal'at ad-Damm (No. 162) |access-date=30 July 2019}}</ref> It stands at the top of the "Ascent of Blood", as the Ascent of Adummim was known to the Crusaders.<ref name="Barber">{{Cite book |last=Barber |first=Malcolm |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5zkrDwAAQBAJ&pg=PR9 |title=The Military Orders Volume I: Fighting for the Faith and Caring for the Sick |publisher=Routledge |year=2017 |isbn=9781351542593 |edition=reprint |access-date=30 July 2019}}</ref>