Tuesday, February 14, 2012

 Here we see the Greek,Roman, Muslim Beit She'an.  As with most digs only a portion of the city has been uncovered.... and mostly government buildings or the "downtown" area of the town.  Back left is the amphitheater that could seat 20,000 people.  Back right is the public bath house complex.  You can see the Cardo maximus (main street) and the Cardo minimus in the lower left.  The vacant square us from the Muslim era and would have been filled with tables and stalls selling wares.  On the street going left to right are a couple of Roman temples.


 The public bath house was one of the prominent features of the ruins.  There were beautiful mosaic floors, message rooms, baths, steam rooms...
 ... and even an ancient public toilet facility for the convenience of their customers!







Uh Oh!   ... uh Jared!  I am sure that those toilets don't work any more....

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