Beth Shemesh

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Beth Shemesh (Tel Beth Shemesh, "House of the Sun", Arabic: Tell er-Rumeilah) is an important archaeological site in the Shephelah region of modern Israel. Beth Shemesh consists of a large mound of approximately 4 hectares surface area situated within the Nahal Sorek.

Contents 1 Discovery 2 Excavation 3 Bibliography 4 External links

Discovery

Excavation

Bibliography

• Albright, William F [1964], "The Beth-Shemesh Tablet in Alphabetic Cuneiform, BASOR 173 (1964), pp.51-52.

• Bunimovitz, Shlomo and Lederman, Zvi [2001], "The Iron Age Fortifications of Tel Beth Shemesh: A 1990-2000 Perspective", IEJ 51 (2001), pp.121-147.
  • [2003], "The Final Destruction of Beth Shemesh and the Pax Assyriaca in the Judean Shephelah", TA 30 (2003), pp.3-22.
  • [2006], “The Early Israelite Monarchy in the Sorek Valley: Tel Beth-Shemesh and Tel Batash (Timnah) in the 10th and 9th Centuries BCE”, in Maeir, A.M. and Miroschedji, P. de (eds), “I Will Speak the Riddle of Ancient Times”—Archaeological and Historical Studies in Honor of Amihai Mazar on the Occasion of His Sixtieth Birthday, Volume 2, Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2006, pp.407-427. ISBN 1575061031

• Fantalkin, A. [2004], "The Final Destruction of Beth Shemesh and the Pax Assyriaca in the Judahite Shephelah: An Alternative View", TA 31 (2004), pp.245-261.

External links

• Beth-Shemesh, A Biblical Border City between Judah and Philistia - Tel Aviv University web site