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Mound of Jelamet el-Bi'ina
- The old site of Bi'ina is thought to have been at the mound of Jelamet el-Bi'ina, less than a mile southeast of the present site of Bi'ina.
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The old site of Bi'ina is thought to have been at the mound of Jelamet el-Bi'ina, less than a mile southeast of the present site of Bi'ina. [8] The word jélameh, meaning "hill, mound," is sometimes employed instead of tell.
Bi'ina or al-Bi'na is an Arab town in the Northern District of Israel. It is located east of Akko . In 2003, Bi'ina merged with Majd al-Krum and Deir al-Asad to form the city of Shaghur, but was reinstated as a local council in 2008 after Shaghur was dissolved.
Levés en Galilée faisant suit à la Carte du Liban de l'Etat-Major Français : exécutés en 1870 / par M.M. Mieulet et Derrien. 1870. H. Mieulet; Isidore-Antoine-Michel Derrien 1839-1904
Classical antiquity. Along with several other sites, Bi'ina was proposed as the location of ancient Beth-Anath mentioned in Egyptian and biblical texts. Archaeological evidence suggests that Bi'ina, though perhaps occupied in the Early Bronze Age, was no longer occupied in the Late Bronze Age.
The modern Muslim village of Deir al-Asad, previously known as Deir al-Bi'ina or Deir al-Khidr, was established in 1516 when the Ottoman sultan Selim I granted its monastery as a waqf (religious endowment) to the Sufi sage Shaykh Muhammad al-Asad, who settled in it with his family and devotees.
Albright conjectured that the ancient site of Beth-Anath was probably situated at the mound of Jelamet el-Bi'ina, less than a mile southeast of the present site of Bi'ina, a place surrounded by fertile fields.
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