Ten thousands seat hippodrome built on the Mediterranean Sea shore by King Herod the Great for horse races, the Romans later made it an amphitheater

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Ten thousands seats hippodrome built on the Mediterranean Sea shore seen in the background for horse racing by King Herod the great in the 1st century BC, later the Romans made it smaller and used it as an amphitheater Caesarea National Park, Israel. October 18, 2024

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Location: Caesarea, Israel
Photo credit: © Dan Porges / Alamy / Afripics
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