Tel Maresha

Maresha was an Iron Age city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, whose remains have been excavated at Tell Sandahanna, an archaeological mound or 'tell' renamed after its identification to Tel Maresha.
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  • Type: Ruins
  • Description: ancient city and archaeological site (tell) in Southern District, Israel
  • Also known as: “Maresha” and “Marisa”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Beth Guvrin and Amphitheater.

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or Beit Guvrin is a national park located in south-central , in the Shfela region. It is a particularly good place to visit in summer, because its caves are cool and shady even when it's scorching outside.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site, which is situated 2 km north of Tel Maresha.

Barracks
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is a barracks, which is situated 1½ km southeast of Tel Maresha.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beit Guvrin and Kfar Zoharim.

Village
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is a kibbutz in the Lakhish region, west of the , for which it is named. Located 14 kilometres east of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Yoav Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 505.

Hamlet
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, officially Ramot Yehuda-Zoharim, is an Israeli educational therapy youth village for teenagers aged 14–18 from the ultra-Orthodox community who do not fit into regular educational frameworks. is situated 4 km northeast of Tel Maresha.

Village
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Karmei Katif is a communal settlement in southern . Located close to the Green Line of the southern , it falls under the jurisdiction of Lakhish Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 833. is situated 6 km south of Tel Maresha.

Tel Maresha

Latitude
31.59265° or 31° 35′ 34″ north
Longitude
34.89814° or 34° 53′ 53″ east
Open location code
8G3PHVVX+37
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278470166
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Wiki­data ID
Q1507676
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Tel Maresha” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مراشه”
  • Belarusian: “Марэша”
  • Catalan: “Mareshah”
  • Cebuano: “Tel Maresha”
  • Chinese: “馬沙”
  • Chinese: “马沙”
  • Croatian: “Maresha”
  • Dutch: “Tel Maresha”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ماريشا”
  • Finnish: “Marisa (Palestiina)”
  • Finnish: “Marisa”
  • French: “Marésha”
  • Georgian: “მარეშა”
  • German: “Maresha”
  • German: “Marissa”
  • Hebrew: “מראשה”
  • Hebrew: “מרשה”
  • Hebrew: “תל מראשה”
  • Hebrew: “תל מרשה”
  • Indonesian: “Maresa”
  • Japanese: “マレシャ”
  • Malayalam: “മരേഷ”
  • Persian: “ماریشا”
  • Polish: “Maresza”
  • Polish: “Marissa, Tel Maresha”
  • Portuguese: “Maressa”
  • Russian: “Мареша”
  • Russian: “Мариса”
  • Swedish: “Tel Maresha”
  • Turkish: “Maresha”
  • Ukrainian: “Мареша”

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