Sychem
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown
Creators: E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown
Contributors:
DARMC, Gabriel Mckee, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Noah Kaye, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
Jan 21, 2021 08:40 AM
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History
An ancient settlement in the Levant, attested Biblically and in ancient Egyptian documents and the Amarna letters. Scholars associate this settlement with the archaeological site of Tel Balata, which is located in the modern West Bank and has seen attention from archaeologists since the early 20th century.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678403
32.2135568, 35.2815224
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Tell Balata (unspecified date range)
- None
- Neapolis located near Sychem (30 BC - AD 640)
settlement
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 69 B5 Sychem
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Balata WBK
E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown, DARMC, Gabriel Mckee, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Noah Kaye, and Tom Elliott, 'Sychem: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678403> [accessed: 03 June 2023]
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