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<< Our Photo Pages >> Tel Beth Shean - Ancient Village or Settlement in Israel

Submitted by motist on Saturday, 10 July 2010  Page Views: 7235

DigsSite Name: Tel Beth Shean Alternative Name: Scythopolis, Tell el-Hosn
Country: Israel Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Beth She'an
Latitude: 32.504006N  Longitude: 35.503250E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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Tel Beth Shean
Tel Beth Shean submitted by motist : Tel Beth Shean (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Settlement in Israel. The mound of Tel Beth-Shean (Arabic: Tell el-Hosn = "the mound of the fortress") towers steeply above the Beth-Shean Valley to a height of 113 m below sea level, set on the base of a hill originally some 125 m below sea level. The tell's location is strategically incomparable: the northern and southern sides are defended by deep ravines, through which the Harod (Wadi Jalud) and Asi Rivers flow, until they converge to the east of the mound.

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.

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Beth Shean, Scythopolis

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Tel Beth Shean
Tel Beth Shean submitted by SolarMegalith : Ruins of the 1st cenutry AD theater of 7.000 capacity (photo taken on April 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Tel Beth Shean submitted by SolarMegalith : House of the Egyptian governor dated for 1200 - 1000 BC, located on top of the Tel (photo taken on April 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Tel Beth Shean submitted by SolarMegalith : Very well-preserved heating system near the baths in Beth Shean (photo taken on April 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Tel Beth Shean submitted by SolarMegalith : Beth Shean (former Scythopolis) - view from the Tel for remains of the Roma bridge (photo taken on April 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Beth-She'an Tel by motist on Sunday, 11 July 2010
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Re: Beth-She'an Tel by motist on Sunday, 11 July 2010
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the name is Tel beth-Se'an and not Beth-She'an Tel !!!
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