▁E . ▁H . ▁Pal mer ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 1 , ▁the ▁name ▁Kh . ▁Y arin ▁comes ▁from ▁" the ▁ru in ▁of ▁Y âr în , ▁p . n ." ▁ ▁History ▁In ▁ 1 8 7 5 , ▁Victor ▁Gu ér in ▁found ▁here ▁' On ▁the ▁east ▁extends ▁a ▁sort ▁of ▁a venue , ▁formerly ▁border ed ▁by ▁important ▁buildings . ▁One ▁remarks ▁especially ▁the ▁remains ▁of ▁a ▁great ▁ed ifice ▁meas uring ▁forty - five ▁p aces ▁in ▁length ▁from ▁west ▁to ▁east ▁by ▁twenty - two ▁in ▁bread th ▁from ▁north ▁to ▁south . ▁It ▁was ▁built ▁of ▁fin ely ▁cut ▁stones ▁lying ▁one ▁upon ▁the ▁other ▁with ▁c ement , ▁and ▁terminated ▁at ▁the ▁east ▁in ▁three ▁a ps es , ▁the ▁largest ▁of ▁which , ▁that ▁in ▁the ▁centre , ▁is ▁still ▁partly ▁u pr ight . ▁It ▁was ▁once ▁an ▁ancient ▁church ▁divided ▁into ▁three ▁n aves ▁by ▁mon ol ith ic ▁columns , ▁some ▁und ulated ▁fragments ▁of ▁which ▁are ▁lying ▁on ▁the ▁ground ▁. ▁… .. ▁Small ▁cub es ▁of ▁m osa ic ▁in ▁red , ▁white , ▁and ▁black ▁still ▁ad here ▁to ▁the ▁soil ▁in ▁several ▁places .' ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 1 , ▁the ▁P EF ' s ▁Survey ▁of ▁Western ▁Palest ine ▁( SW P ) ▁found ▁here : ▁“ Lar ge ▁ru in ; ▁some ▁small - s ized ▁draft ed ▁stones ▁with ▁b oss es ▁left ▁rough , ▁two ▁stones ▁bearing ▁Latin