Tel Beit Shemesh
Tel Beit Shemesh is a small archaeological tell northeast of the modern city of Beit Shemesh. It was identified in the late 1830s as Biblical Beth Shemesh – it then was known as Ain Shams – by Edward Robinson.Photo: עט הזמיר, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Mound with an elevation of 234 metres
- Description: hill in Jerusalem District, Israel
- Also known as: “Beit Shemesh”, “Beth Shemesh”, and “Tel Bet Shemesh”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Beit Shemesh Railway Station and Biblical Museum of Natural History.
Beit Shemesh Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beit Shemesh railway station is an Israel Railways station in Beit Shemesh, Israel, on the Tel Aviv–Lod–Jerusalem line. The station is located near the northern industrial zone of Beit Shemesh.
Biblical Museum of Natural History
Museum
The Biblical Museum of Natural History, currently located in Hartuv at the entrance to Beit Shemesh, Israel, was founded in 2014 by Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkin, affectionately referred to as the "Zoo Rabbi."…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yish’i and Beit Shemesh.
Yish’i
Village
Photo: Owenglyndur, CC BY 4.0.
Yish'i is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 920.
Beit Shemesh
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Beit Shemesh is a city in the Shfela region of Israel, with a population of 119,000. Excluding the West Bank, Beit Shemesh is the closest city to Jerusalem.
Tzora
Village
Tzora is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located about 20 km from Jerusalem, near the city of Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 915.
Tel Beit Shemesh
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Jerusalem District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Tel Beit Shemesh” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Tel Bet Shemesh”
- Dutch: “Tel Bet Shemesh”
- French: “Tel de la maison de Shemesh”
- Hebrew: “תל בית שמש”
- Russian: “Тель Бейт-Шемеш”
- Russian: “Тель Бет-Шемеш”
- Swedish: “Tel Bet Shemesh”
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