Excavations in ancient Beth Shemesh, were started here by the Haverford Archaeological Expedition in collaboration with experts of the Egyptian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. House-walls of the late Israelite period and several pieces of pottery have been dug up.
Ancient Beth Shemesh, as the center of the Canaanite-Philistine country, provides many suggestions about the life in the second and first centuries B.C. It was then in the midst of lively trade relations between Mediterranean countries and Egypt.
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