Beit Shemesh

settlement · 3300 BC – 2100 AD

City 30 km west of Jerusalem inhabited from the Bronze Age until its destruction in 701 CE.

Coordinates

31.75060, 34.97487

Also known as

'Ain Shems (en), Bejt Šemeš (cs), Bet Schemesch (de), Betxèmeix (ca), Tel Bet Shemesh, Beit Semes, Beit Şemeș, Beit-Shemesh, Bejt-Shemesh, Bet Schemesch (he), Μπέιτ Σεμές (el), Бейт Шемеш (bg), Бейт-Шемеш (ce), Бейт-Шэмеш (be), תל בית שמש (he), بيت شيمش (ar)

Dating

attested

Sources

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

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