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One of the city gates of Beth-Shean with Mount Gilboa in the background. King Saul died here in the battle against the Philistines.
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One of the city gates of Beth-Shean with Mount Gilboa in th...

The Tel with the ruins of Beit Shan, Egyptian Bronze Age stronghold, a Canaanite city later, finally conquered by King David when he expanded his kingdom northwards. The city was deserted around 700 BCE and resettled in Hellenistic times. King Saul died here in battle.
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The Tel with the ruins of Beit Shan, Egyptian Bronze Age stronghold, a Canaa...

The ruins of Beit Shan, Israel, Egyptian Bronze Age stronghold, a Canaanite city later, finally conquered by King David when he expanded his kingdom northwards, deserted around 700 BCE and resettled in Hellenistic times. King Saul died here.
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The ruins of Beit Shan, Israel, Egyptian Bronze Age stronghold, a Canaan...

The black walls of Beit Shan, Israel, where after the defeat of the Israelites by the Philistines, the bodies of King Saul and his sons were displayed (I Sam 31:10)
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The black walls of Beit Shan, Israel, where after the defeat of the Israelites...

Vine trellis panel,detail:a man playing the flute to his dog.From the monastery of the Lady Mary, Beth Shean.
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Vine trellis panel,detail:a man playing the flute to his dog.From the mona...

Vine trellis panel,detail:Black man leading a giraffe. Around 567 CE.From the Monastery of the Lady Mary, Beth Shean.
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Vine trellis panel,detail:Black man leading a giraffe. Around 567 CE.From the M...

Overall view of Beth Shean (Scythopolis);in the back- ground Tel Beth-Shean,a stone-age mound which was settled in the 5th millenium.The colonnade stands on Palladius street,named after a Byzantine governor.
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Overall view of Beth Shean (Scythopolis);in the back- ground Tel Beth-Shean,a...

Overall view of Beth Shean (Scythopolis);in the back- ground Tel Beth-Shean,a stone-age mound which was settled in the 5th millenium.The colonnade stands on Palladius street,named after a Byzantine governor.
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Overall view of Beth Shean (Scythopolis);in the back- ground Tel Beth-Shean,a...

Overall view of Beth Shean (Scythopolis);in the back- ground Tel Beth-Shean,a stone-age mound which was settled in the 5th millenium.The colonnade stands on Palladius street,named after a Byzantine governor.
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Overall view of Beth Shean (Scythopolis);in the back- ground Tel Beth-Shean,a...

Overall view of Beth Shean archaeological site. Columns in background are Silvanus street,one of the most elegant thoroughfares and walkways in the Roman period, but in the Byzantine period rows of shops were rected.
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Overall view of Beth Shean archaeological site. Columns in background ar...

Overall view of Beth Shean archaeological site. Columns in background are Silvanus street,one of the most elegant thoroughfares and walkways in the Roman period, but in the Byzantine period rows of shops were rected.
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Overall view of Beth Shean archaeological site. Columns in background ar...

Overall view of Beth Shean archaeological site. Columns in background are Silvanus street,one of the most elegant thoroughfares and walkways in the Roman period, but in the Byzantine period rows of shops were rected.
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Overall view of Beth Shean archaeological site. Columns in background ar...