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Shepherds' Field

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified Jan 13, 2026 04:25 PM History
A chapel located in the Palestinian village of Beit Sahour that is believed to be the site of the annunciation of Jesus Christ's birth to the shepherds. A Christian monastery was founded on the site in the early fifth century.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/212723842

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church, archaeological site

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Jeffrey Becker, 'Shepherds' Field: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/212723842> [accessed: 15 February 2026]

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