Khirbet Beit Sila

Khirbet Beit Sila is an archaeological site located south of , in the central . It is situated in the historical Benjamin area, above Nahal Modi'im and beside a secondary route that led from the up to .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ofer Penitentiary and Mahmoud Darwish Museum (Al-Birweh Park).

Prison
Photo: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0.
Ofer Prison, formerly officially known as Incarceration Facility 385, is an Israeli military incarceration facility in the Israeli-occupied , between and . is situated 2½ km east of Khirbet Beit Sila.

Park
Photo: Hadi Hijjawi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 3½ km northeast of Khirbet Beit Sila.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beitunia and Giv’at Ze’ev.

Town
Photo: Mahmood moutan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also Bitunya, is a Palestinian city located 3 kilometers west of and 14 kilometers north of , in the of , in the central .

Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Giv'at Ze'ev is an urban Israeli settlement in the organized as a city council, five kilometers northwest of . The settlement was founded in 1977 on the site of the abandoned Jordanian military camp, adjacent to the site of ancient Gibeon.

Village
is a communal Israeli settlement in the . Bordering Route 443 between Modi'in and , the biblical pass of , after which it is named, it falls under the jurisdiction of . is situated 2½ km west of Khirbet Beit Sila.

Khirbet Beit Sila

Latitude
31.87817° or 31° 52′ 41″ north
Longitude
35.15575° or 35° 9′ 21″ east
Open location code
8G3QV5H4+77
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1266442833
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q55654773
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In Other Languages

From German to Hebrew—“Khirbet Beit Sila” goes by many names.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include בית בד and Khirbet Beit Sila.

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