Bet She'an is a tel (place where many cities have been built one on top of the other creating a hill with a flat top. Bet She'an is the place where King Saul and his 3 sons died in a battle. In the Bible you can read this story in the last chapter of 1 Samuel. You can read David's lament (poem of sadness) in 2 Samuel 1.
What you see in the foreground of this picture of the clouds and sun is a Roman city built a 1000 years later. This excavation has wonderful examples of Roman baths, theater, streets, homes and shops many of which have beautiful mosaic floors.
What you see in the foreground of this picture of the clouds and sun is a Roman city built a 1000 years later. This excavation has wonderful examples of Roman baths, theater, streets, homes and shops many of which have beautiful mosaic floors.
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