Tel Beit Shemesh

Tel Beit Shemesh is a small archaeological tell north west of the modern city of . It was identified in the late 1830s as Biblical Beth Shemesh – it then was known as Ain Shams – by Edward Robinson.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: hill in Jerusalem District, Israel
  • Also known as: “Beth Shemesh”, “Tel Bet Shemesh”, and “Тель Бет-Шемеш”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Beit Shemesh Railway Station and Biblical Museum of Natural History.

Railway station
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is an Israel Railways… is situated 1½ km northeast of Tel Beit Shemesh.

Museum
The , currently… is situated 2 km east of Tel Beit Shemesh.

Monastery
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or Beit Jamal is a Catholic monastery run… is situated 3 km south of Tel Beit Shemesh.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yish’i and Beit Shemesh.

Village
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Yish'i is a moshav in central .

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is a city in the Shfela region of , with a population of 119,000.

Village
is a kibbutz in central .

Tel Beit Shemesh

Latitude
31.75063° or 31° 45′ 2″ north
Longitude
34.97492° or 34° 58′ 30″ east
Open location code
8G3PQX2F+7X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 497106485
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q12412084
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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”
  • Persian: “تل بیت شمش”
  • Russian: “Тель Бейт-Шемеш”
  • Swedish: “Tel Bet Shemesh”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: HaVradim Garden and Amphitheater.

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