Founded more than five millennia ago, the city of Beit Shean has been the home for more than 28 civilizations. Most recently, and most importantly for archeologists, there is a gigantic Roman settlement that survived under dirt and rocks, and about 33% has been excavated and exposed. Beit Shean is one of the ten ‘decopolis cities’ of ancient Rome, and the only one in Israel. You can see from these photos something of the beauty of the reconstructed city, the size of the site, and the many kinds of buildings that exist there. See if you can recognize what is the market street, the bath house, and the public latrine.
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