Silvanus Street at the ruins of Bet Shean Israel


Silvanus Street at ruins of Bet She an Israel Bet shean is located in northn regions of Israel Bet She an was site of an Egyptian administrative center during XVIII and XIX dynasties In Hellenistic times it was a Scythian city from circa 625 to 300 B C and biblical city Beth shean In 64 BC it was taken by Romans rebuilt and made center of Decapolis Ten Cities of Samaria that were centers of Greco Roman culture city contains best preserved Roman theater of ancient Samaria During 6th century Byzantine period Bet She an housed a Christian monastery named Monastery of Lady Mary which has a Zodiac mosaic that is still preserved today


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