Caesarea Phillipi, known today as Banias, is a site located in the (northern) Upper Galilee.

 

   We do not have yet a detailed description on the site, so the photo above was selected on the way to Caesarea Phillipi. The site, Hazor, is a Biblical site - one of the mighty cities on this way.

 

  The photo above shows the unexavated ruins "lower" city, a huge area located north to the upper city, and across the Hazor valley. The lower city is surrounded by a rampart, and a narrow strip extending to the east. In the lower city the following were unearthed in various areas: a Canaanite temple (13-14C BC) with statues; remains of structures, tombs and pits (18-13 C BC); Canaanite temples (18-13 C BC); four gates of the lower city found on top of each other (18-13 C BC); five gates (18-13C BC). Thus, the lower city functioned from the 18th to the 13th C BC.

 

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