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<< Our Photo Pages >> Caesarea Maritima - Ancient Village or Settlement in Israel

Submitted by motist on Tuesday, 27 July 2010  Page Views: 6044

Multi-periodSite Name: Caesarea Maritima Alternative Name: Pyrgos Stratonos
Country: Israel
NOTE: This site is 0.275 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Hadera  Nearest Village: Sdot Yam
Latitude: 32.503595N  Longitude: 34.892824E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
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4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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Caesarea Maritima
Caesarea Maritima submitted by SolarMegalith : Partly reconstructed ruins of the Herodian palace (photo taken on April 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in Israel

Caesarea Maritima was build by Herod the Great in 1st century BC in place of a Hellenic town called Straton’s Tower. The city became an important administrative centre and busy harbor. During it’s heyday it covered area of almost 4 square kilometers. After it was conquered by the Muslims it lost it’s importance. During the Crusades Caesarea was refortified once more.

One of the main preserved structures in Caesarea Maritima is Herod’s Palace, build on a promontory. It’s columns are partly reconstructed. North from the palace there are ruins of a hippodrome, which was turned into the amphitheater in 2nd century AC. Near it there are remains of a baths with preserved heating system. The two aqueducts provided Caesarea Maritima with water – first of them was 9 km long, the other one 5 km long. They are merging into one in short distance before the city.
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Caesarea Maritima
Caesarea Maritima submitted by SolarMegalith : Herodian aqueduct north from Caesarea Maritima (photo taken on April 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Caesarea Maritima submitted by SolarMegalith : The mosaics near palace of the Byzantine governor (photo taken on April 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Caesarea Maritima submitted by SolarMegalith : Parodos (side entrance) of the theater in Caesarea Martima (photo taken on April 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Caesarea Maritima submitted by SolarMegalith : General view of partly reconstructed Herod's palace on the promontory (photo taken on April 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Caesarea Maritima submitted by SolarMegalith : Hippodrome in Caesarea Maritima, later turned into the amphitheater (photo taken on April 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Caesarea Maritima submitted by SolarMegalith : Sarcophagus with Gorgon's head discovered at the bottom of the sea near Caesarea Maritima (photo taken on April 2011).

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Caesarea Maritima submitted by SolarMegalith : Entrance to the hippodrome build by Herod the Great in 1st century BC, which was later turned into the amphitheater (photo taken on April 2011).

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Caesarea Maritima submitted by SolarMegalith : View of the baths with visible remains of the heating system (photo taken on April 2011).

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Caesarea Maritima submitted by SolarMegalith : Herodian aqueduct north from Caesarea Maritima (photo taken on April 2011).

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Caesarea Maritima submitted by SolarMegalith : Main hall of the baths (photo taken on April 2011).

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Caesarea Maritima submitted by SolarMegalith : Northern part of the hippodrome (photo taken on April 2011).

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Unique mother-of-pearl menorah etching found in ancient Caesarea by motist on Wednesday, 26 April 2017
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Tablet decorated with candelabrum, likely part of a box for a Torah scroll, was found in ancient Roman temple and dates to circa 4th-5th century
A1,500-year-old mother-of-pearl tablet inscribed with a six-branched menorah, which was likely part of a box housing a Torah scroll, was recently found at the ancient Roman city of Caesarea, on Israel’s coast, archaeologists announced Wednesday
The artifact, the first of its kind made of the precious material bearing Jewish iconography, was among an assortment of discoveries made by the Israel Antiquities Authority amid new excavations carried out as part of the restoration of the ancient port. It was found close to a Roman-era temple dedicated to Augustus Caesar that was constructed by King Herod in the first century BCE, but dates to the fourth or fifth centuries CE.




The find was made just a few days before the Jewish festival of Passover, which began on April 10, said Israel Antiques Authority archaeologist Peter Gendelman.

The announcement was made at a joint news conference to unveil parts of the NIS 100 million ($27 million) restoration project.

According to Gendelman the small slab of mother-of-pearl, likely dating from the late Roman-Byzantine period of the 4th-5th centuries CE, “points to clear Jewish presence at Caesarea during this period.”

The tablet came from what was “probably some kind of box,” he added, “I can even say probably for a Sefer Torah,” the handwritten scroll containing the first five books of the Old Testament that lie at the heart of Jewish law.

It was found near the Augusteum, the temple dedicated to Herod’s patron Augustus, which dominated the harbor in antiquity. Gendelman and his team also found Augusteum’s altar and part of a Greek inscription that has yet to be studied.
We’re making new discoveries on a daily basis,” Gendelman told reporters. He said the mother-of-pearl etching was just “a small portion of the wealth of Caesarea.”

The restoration is being carried out by the IAA, the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, the Edmond de Rothschild Foundation and the Caesarea Development Corporation, and focuses on the ancient harbor, its storehouses and the temple built on a podium atop the massive vaults.

One of the major preservation projects focuses on the large, iconic aqueduct constructed by the Romans that brought water into the city from the north. Archaeologists plan to uncover another 10 arches of the large aqueduct, which was one of seven bringing water to Caesarea.
Stuart Winer contributed to this report.
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Re: Caesarea Maritima by motist on Tuesday, 27 July 2010
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