Historical place profile
Bethar
A largely overbuilt ancient village located in the West Bank. Archaeology indicates occupation as early as the 8th century BCE. Herodean fortifications, extended and occupied by Bar Kokhba's forces, were destroyed after a Roman siege in 135 CE.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:687851
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:687851
- Place type
- archaeological-site, fort-2, settlement
- Coordinates
- 31.730000, 35.135555
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
A largely overbuilt ancient village located in the West Bank. Archaeology indicates occupation as early as the 8th century BCE. Herodean fortifications, extended and occupied by Bar Kokhba's forces, were destroyed after a Roman siege in 135 CE.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 70 G2 Bethar
Source and reuse
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Research path
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