Tel Beit Shemesh
Tel Beit Shemesh is a small archaeological tell north west 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.
- Archaeological site
- Description: hill in Jerusalem District, Israel
- Also known as“Beth Shemesh”“Tel Bet Shemesh”
Places of Interest Nearby
Discover Beit Shemesh Railway Station and Biblical Museum of Natural History.
Beit Shemesh Railway Station
Beit Shemesh railway station is an Israel Railways…
1½ km northeast of Tel Beit Shemesh
Beit Jimal
Beit Jimal or Beit Jamal is a Catholic monastery run…
3 km south of Tel Beit Shemesh
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yish’i and Beit Shemesh.
Beit Shemesh
Beit Shemesh is a city in the Shfela region of Israel, with a population of 119,000.
Tel Beit Shemesh
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Latitude
31.75063° or 31° 45′ 2″ north
Longitude
34.97492° or 34° 58′ 30″ east
Open location code
8G3PQX2F+7X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = archaeological_site
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Tel Beit Shemesh” goes by many names.
Tel Bet ShemeshCebuano
Tel Bet ShemeshDutch
תל בית שמשHebrew
تل بیت شمشPersian
Тель Бейт-ШемешRussian
Тель Бет-ШемешRussian
Tel Bet ShemeshSwedish
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