Tel Beit Shemesh

Tel Beit Shemesh is a small archaeological tell northeast 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” and “Tel Bet Shemesh”

Places of Interest Nearby

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

Railway station
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is an Israel Railways station in , , on the –– line. The station is located near the northern industrial zone of Beit Shemesh. is situated 1½ km northeast of Tel Beit Shemesh.

Museum
The , currently located in at the entrance to , , was founded in 2014 by Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkin, affectionately referred to as the "Zoo Rabbi."… is situated 2 km east of Tel Beit Shemesh.

Monastery
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or Beit Jamal is a Catholic monastery run by priests and brothers near , . The Christian tradition identifies the site with the Roman- and Byzantine-era Jewish village of Caphargamala, and believe that inside a cave in the area, there is the tomb of Saint Stephen or to have conserved his relics. 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 . Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 938.

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

Village
is a kibbutz in central . Located about 20 km from , near the city of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 934.

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”
  • Russian: “Тель Бет-Шемеш”
  • Swedish: “Tel Bet Shemesh”

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