Tel Beit Shemesh

31°45′2″N 34°58′30″E / 31.75056°N 34.97500°E / 31.75056; 34.97500

Tel Beit Shemesh is a small archaeological tell northeast 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. The tel was excavated in numerous phases during the 20th century.

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