Tel Be'er Sheva

archaeological site in Israel
Place archaeological_site Q534596
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Summary

Tel Be'er Sheva is an archaeological site[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (216 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tel Be'er Sheva is located in Beersheba[3].
  • Tel Be'er Sheva is located in Southern District[4].
  • Tel Be'er Sheva is in the country of Israel[5].
  • Tel Be'er Sheva's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[6].
  • Tel Be'er Sheva's instance of is recorded as tell[7].
  • Tel Be'er Sheva's instance of is recorded as national park[8].
  • Tel Be'er Sheva is part of Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba[9].
  • Tel Be'er Sheva's Commons category is recorded as Tel Be'er Sheva[10].
  • Tel Be'er Sheva's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 31.244722222222222, 'lon': 34.840833333333336}[11].
  • Tel Be'er Sheva's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 31.24482, 'lon': 34.84013}[12].
  • Tel Be'er Sheva's heritage designation is recorded as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[13].
  • Tel Be'er Sheva covers an area of {'unit': 'hectare', 'amount': '+3.09'}[14].
  • Tel Be'er Sheva covers an area of {'unit': 'hectare', 'amount': '+108.53'}[15].
  • Tel Be'er Sheva dates from the Chalcolithic[16].
  • Tel Be'er Sheva dates from the Iron Age[17].
  • Tel Be'er Sheva's World Heritage criteria is recorded as (ii)[18].
  • Tel Be'er Sheva's World Heritage criteria is recorded as (iii)[19].
  • Tel Be'er Sheva's World Heritage criteria is recorded as (iv)[20].
  • Tel Be'er Sheva's director of archaeological fieldwork is recorded as Yohanan Aharoni[21].
  • Tel Be'er Sheva's director of archaeological fieldwork is recorded as Ze'ev Herzog[22].

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Geography

Tel Be'er Sheva is in the country of Israel[5]. Located in include Beersheba[3], a city[23], in Ottoman Empire[24], founded in 1900[25] and Southern District[4], a districts of Israel[26], in Israel[27]. It is part of Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba[9].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'hectare', 'amount': '+3.09'}[14] and {'unit': 'hectare', 'amount': '+108.53'}[15].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include archaeological site[6], tell[7], and national park[8]. Tel Be'er Sheva's heritage designation is recorded as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[13].

Why It Matters

Tel Be'er Sheva ranks in the top 7% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (216 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . GeoNames. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . GEOnet Names Server. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Triedros · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Beersheba, Southern District
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 31.244722222222222, 'lon': 34.840833333333336}, {'lat': 31.24482, 'lon': 34.84013}
    Sitelink count → 24
    Country → Israel
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ World heritage criteria: (ii)"
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