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94 ❯❯ Israel and Petra Area by Area

Archeological Sites

Gamla Nature Reserve
Beit Alpha Synagogue
1 6
MAP B6 • Route 808, Lower
This 5th-century synagogue
has an almost intact mosaic floor Golan
showing the Ark of the Covenant In AD 67, thousands of Jewish
and a zodiac wheel design (see p44). rebels held out here for seven
months under Roman siege. The
Belvoir Castle
2 park’s cliffs host nesting vultures,
and there are also waterfalls.
MAP C5 • Off Route 90,
17 miles (27 km) S of Tiberias
Tzipori National Park
• (04) 658 1766 7
This well-preserved Crusader The Roman and Byzantine
fortress evokes the siege by Saladin’s town of Tzipori (Zippori) is famous
armies that ended in 1189 with the for its extraordinary water-supply
surrender of the Christian defenders. system and its mosaics (see p44).
Banias Nature Reserve
Megiddo National Park
3 8
MAP A6 • Off Route 99,
MAP C4 • Route 66, 22 miles
(35 km) SE of Haifa • (04) 659 0316 9 miles (15 km) E of Kiryat Shmona
According to the Book of Revelation, • (04) 690 2577
this is where Armageddon (Megiddo) This popular park has walking trails
will take place. Archeologists have that lead past Ptolemaic, Roman,
found over 24 different historical Crusader, and Islamic remains.
layers, some as far back as 4000 BC. Korazim National Park
Nimrod Castle
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Remains of dolmens, homes,
ritual baths, and a synagogue can be
MAP A6 • NE of Banias
• (04) 694 9277 seen in this ancient hillside Jewish
Perched atop a narrow ridge, this town (see p44).
13th-century castle was built by
Caesarea National Park
Muslim rulers. The walls are well 0
preserved, and the views astounding. MAP D3 • Off Rd 2 • (04) 626
7080
Beit She’an Ruins
5 Founded by Herod the Great and
named for Augustus Caesar, this
MAP D5 • (04) 658 7189
Israel’s best-preserved Roman city grand port city has extensive Roman
boasts almost intact bathhouses, ruins. Highlights include an amphi-
shops, and a theater. theater and the port itself.
Roman ruins
at Caesarea

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