Bet Shemesh drone survey old and new ruins

When new road construction was needed near the modern-day city of Bet Shemesh in 2018, a previously unknown collection of ruins was uncovered. This video was recorded in 2019, before the excavations were documented and recovered so the road project could be completed. The ruins in this video date to the time period of Hezekiah. An older set of ruins is just to the west of the new discovery. You’ll see those ruins on the hill during the first 30 seconds of the video. With a thriving and growing population, modern-day Israel is in a constant struggle of how to preserve its past and provide for people living in the land today.