Ben Shemen Forest
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jamie Novotny Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Jamie Novotny Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Feb 01, 2018 10:13 AM
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History
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Ben Shemen Forest is the largest forest in Central Israel and it contains several archaeological sites, including Bir a Shemi, Tel Gimzo, Tel Hadid, and several Hasmonean-period tombs.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413309736
31.9355823, 34.9653695
- OSM Location of Ben Shemen (10000 BC - Present)
- Ben Shemen (Modern Hebrew)
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A small fragment of an Assyrian stele with an Akkadian inscription was found in the Ben Shemen Forest and it presumably comes from of of the ancient cities located within it, possibly Tel Hadid. The monument probably dates to the reign of the 7th-century B.C. king Esarhaddon.
Jamie Novotny, 'Ben Shemen Forest: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413309736> [accessed: 21 January 2021]
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