Tel Rehov

Tel Rehov
	"Mosaic of Rehob" from the synagogue at Khirbet Farwana/Horvat Parva near Tel Rehov
	Shown within Israel
Coordinates	32°27′26″N 35°29′54″E / 32.457125°N 35.498242°E
History
Founded	circa 14th century BC
Abandoned	circa 7th century BC
Periods	Bronze Age, Iron Age
Site notes
Excavation dates	1997 to 2012
Archaeologists	Amihai Mazar

Tel Rehov (Hebrew: תל רחוב) or Tell es-Sarem (Arabic: تل الصارم), is an archaeological site in the Bet She'an Valley, a segment of the Jordan Valley, Israel, approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of Beit She'an and 3 kilometres (2 mi) west of the Jordan River. It was occupied in the Bronze Age and Iron Age.

The site is one of several suggested as Rehov (also Rehob), meaning "broad", "wide place".^[1]

The oldest apiary discovered anywhere by archaeologists, including man-made beehives and remains of the bees themselves, dating between the mid-10th century BCE and the early 9th century BCE, came to light on the tell. In the nearby ruins of the mainly Byzantine-period successor of Iron Age Rehov, a Jewish town named Rohob or Roōb, within it a synagogue with the Mosaic of Rehob, considered one of the most important discoveries from the Roman - Byzantine period and the longest mosaic inscription found so far in the Land of Israel.^[2]^[3]

^ Avraham Negev; Shimon Gibson (July 2005). Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 434. ISBN 978-0-8264-8571-7. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
^ Sussmann, Jackob (1975). "כתובת מבית הכנסת של רחוב". Qadmoniot. 32 (4): 123–128.
^ Vitto, Fanny (1975). "בית הכנסת של רחוב". Qadmoniot. 32 (4): 119–123.

[NegevGibson2005-1] Avraham Negev; Shimon Gibson (July 2005). Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 434. ISBN 978-0-8264-8571-7. Retrieved 3 October 2010.

[2] Sussmann, Jackob (1975). "כתובת מבית הכנסת של רחוב". Qadmoniot. 32 (4): 123–128.

[3] Vitto, Fanny (1975). "בית הכנסת של רחוב". Qadmoniot. 32 (4): 119–123.

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