Bethar

fort · 330 BC – 300 AD

A largely overbuilt ancient village located in the West Bank. Archaeology indicates occupation as early as the 8th century BCE. Herodean fortifications, extended and occupied by Bar Kokhba's forces, were destroyed after a Roman siege in 135 CE.

Coordinates

31.73000, 35.13555

Also known as

Bethther

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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