"Along the road to Bet Shemesh" (I Samuel 6:12), archaeological studies of the Ramat Bet Shemesh region

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"Along the road to Bet Shemesh" (I Samuel 6:12), archaeological studies of the Ramat Bet Shemesh region

Author

Shalev Omer ; Sion Ofer ; Zelinger Yehiel ; Storchan Benyamin

Year

2023

Publisher

Israel Antiquities Authority / ____ _______

Language

English

Pages

ISBN

978-9-65406-778-2

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15-Jul-2026

Keywords

Archaeology

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The idea of publishing a volume on the subject of Ramat Bet Shemesh and its vicinity came into being following many years’ work in the region, which is one of the richest and most varied in Israel both archaeologically and scenically. The regional masterplan,¹ 200/בש (Fig. 1), which was approved in 1994, led to a wave of extensive studies that on occasion changed previous scholarly conceptions. The plan, the goal of which was a significant growth in the number of housing units in Bet Shemesh, covered a huge untouched area extenting from Road 38 and Tel Yarmuh in the west...