<< Our Photo Pages >> Tel Beth Shean - Ancient Village or Settlement in Israel
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DigsSite Name: Tel Beth Shean Alternative Name: Scythopolis, Tell el-HosnCountry: Israel Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Beth She'an
Latitude: 32.504006N Longitude: 35.503250E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Kuba visited on 16th Feb 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5
SolarMegalith visited on 3rd Apr 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 5
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 5
The site commands the main road descending from the Jezreel and Harod Valleys to the Beth-Shean Valley, which was a segment of the international highway that, even today, connects Israel's northern coastal plain with Transjordan. To the east of the mound, in the Beth-Shean Valley, this latitudinal road intersects with the important longitudinal thoroughfare which traverses the Jordan Valley. From here, it continues north to the Huleh Valley and the Lebanese Bek'a. These strategic advantages, as well as the abundant water and fertile lands nearby, made Beth-Shean an attractive site for settlement from earliest times. Indeed, evidence has been found for its initial inhabitance as early as the end of the Neolithic Period (the fifth millennium BCE), with continuing occupation until Medieval times.
More: Rehov.org
Beth Shean, Scythopolis
The Beth Shean Valley Archaeological Project
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