Beth-shan
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Beth-shan is an ancient Near Eastern city, known from biblical and archaeological records, located at the strategic junction of the Jordan River Valley and Jezreel Valley in modern-day Israel.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Beth-shan canonical | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ biblical city ⓘ |
| archaeologicalExcavationBy | University of Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| archaeologicalExcavationStart | 1920s ⓘ |
| biblicalTribeAssociation | Tribe of Manasseh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
Abbasid Caliphate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Babylonian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Canaanites NERFINISHED ⓘ Crusader states NERFINISHED ⓘ Hellenistic kingdoms NERFINISHED ⓘ Israelites NERFINISHED ⓘ Mamluk Sultanate NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Persian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Philistines NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Umayyad Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Israel ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalFeature |
Roman theater
ⓘ
basilica ⓘ bathhouse ⓘ colonnaded street ⓘ tell ⓘ temple remains ⓘ |
| hasNameVariant |
Beit She'an
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Beth-shean NERFINISHED ⓘ Scythopolis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Jezreel Valley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jordan River Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Lower Galilee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Joshua
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Book of Judges NERFINISHED ⓘ First Book of Samuel NERFINISHED ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| modernNearbyCity | Beit She'an NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Beth She'an National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| periodOfOccupation |
Bronze Age
ⓘ
Byzantine period ⓘ Early Islamic period ⓘ Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ Iron Age ⓘ Roman period ⓘ |
| region | Northern Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| strategicLocation | junction of Jordan River Valley and Jezreel Valley ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.