Khirbet Beit-Bassa

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Ryan Horne

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott

Last modified Dec 24, 2025 06:14 AM — History

An ancient fortress located in Beit Sahour, in the district of Bethlehem in Palestine.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/420569585

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
31.7, 35.21667

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- GeoNames Location of Archaeological site of Khirbet Beit Bassa (modern) accuracy: +/- 30 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Βηθαλαγὰν (Bethalaga: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 640)

Khirbet Beit-Bassa makes connections with:

None

Khirbet Beit-Bassa receives connections from:

None

Place type:
fort, settlement

References:

Evidence:

Jos., AJ (Niese: Perseus) 13.27

See Further:

Related:

GeoNames 284345, Khirbat Bayt Başşah

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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Suggested citation:
Ryan Horne, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Khirbet Beit-Bassa: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/420569585> [accessed: 19 May 2026]

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