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Numerous rock-cut tombs have been found around the village.<ref>Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp02conduoft#page/302/mode/1up 302]</ref>

[[Charles Simon Clermont-Ganneau|Clermont-Ganneau]] identified Ein Siniya with Biblical ''Jeshanah'' and ''Isana'' of [[Josephus]], but modern authors place that at ''Kh. el-Burn''.<ref>Clermont-Ganneau, 1896, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/archaeologicalre02cler#page/290/mode/1up 290] -294; cited in Finkelstein et al., 1997, p. 554</ref> In 1872, a [[rock-cut tomb]] with a [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] inscription was found in the village,<ref>Quarterly Statement, July, 1872, p. [https://biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/pefqs/1872b_077.pdf 87]</ref> and Clermont-Ganneau later deciphered its beginning as "Hananiah, son of Eleazar, son of...".<ref>Clermont-Ganneau, 1896, vol 2, p. [[iarchive:archaeologicalre02cler/archaeologicalre02cler_bw.pdf|285]]-6</ref>

Ein Siniya has usually been identified as the [[Crusader states|Crusader]] village ''Aineseins'', which was one of 21 villages given by King [[Godfrey of Bouillon|Godfrey]] as a [[fief]] to the [[Canon (priest)|canons]] of the [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre|Holy Sepulchre]].<ref name=SWP11>Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp03conduoft#page/11/mode/1up 11]</ref><ref>de Roziére, 1849, p. [https://archive.org/stream/cartulairedelgl00jergoog#page/n42/mode/1up 30]: ''Aessens'', p.[https://archive.org/stream/cartulairedelgl00jergoog#page/n273/mode/1up 263]: ''Aineseins'', both cited in Röhricht, 1893, RRH, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/regestaregnihie00rhgoog#page/n24/mode/1up 16]-17, No 74</ref><ref>Rey, 1883, p. [https://archive.org/stream/lescoloniesfran00reygoog#page/n403/mode/1up 376]</ref><ref>Röhricht, 1887, p. [https://archive.org/stream/zeitschriftdesde09deut#page/205/mode/1up 205]; cited in Finkelstein et al., 1997, p. 554</ref> However, C. N. Johns, writing in 1939, thought that ''Aineseins'' was located by Tel [[Beit Shemesh]].<ref name=Pringle20/>

[[Claude Reignier Conder]] and [[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|Herbert Kitchener]] wrote in 1882 that a small [[Kingdom of Jerusalem|Crusader]] fort appeared to have been situated there,<ref name=SWP291>Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp02conduoft#page/291/mode/1up 291]</ref> however, this has not been verified by later sources.<ref name=Pringle20>Pringle, 1997, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=-_NbE5obqRMC&pg=PA20 20]</ref> Additionally, Conder and Kitchener mention athe tomb with a [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] inscription that was discovered at the location, as well as a gateway adorned door that they thought was of [[Arab Christians|Arab Christian]] origin.<ref name="SWP291" /><ref>Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp02conduoft#page/302/mode/1up 302]</ref>

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