🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Beit Shemesh
Beit Shemesh (Hebrew: בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ, lit. 'House of the Sun') is a city located approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of Jerusalem in Israel's Jerusalem District.
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🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Beit Shemesh (Hebrew: בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ, lit. 'House of the Sun') is a city located approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of Jerusalem in Israel's Jerusalem District.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Roman Palestine
Archaeological site in Israel, possibly of the biblical city of Moreseth-Gath.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient village
Khirbat Umm Burj was a Palestinian Arab village in the Hebron Subdistrict, sometimes designated in modern maps as Burgin. Its ruins are today located within the borders of Israel.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
The Kfar Bar'am Synagogue (Hebrew: כְּפַר בַּרְעָם), also known as the Kafar Berem Synagogue, is the archaeological ruins of two former ancient Jewish synagogues, located at the site of Kafr Bir'im,…