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A network of streets,parallel and at right angles,     
cut through the "insulae"on which houses were built.   
In the center,two colonnaded streets formed a cross.   
The roadbeds were paved with limestone while the       
colonnaded walkways had mosaic floors.
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A network of streets,parallel and at right angles, cut through the "insulae...

Mosaic showing a centaur,from a house in Sepphoris,     
capital of Roman Galilee.
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Mosaic showing a centaur,from a house in Sepphoris, capital of Roman Galil...

Mosaic showing two hunters,,from Sepphoris,capital           
of Roman Galilee.
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Mosaic showing two hunters,,from Sepphoris,capital of Roman Galilee.

Mosaic from a house in Sepphoris,capital of Roman       
Galilee,showing a lion killing a deer.
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Mosaic from a house in Sepphoris,capital of Roman Galilee,showing a lion...

Mosaic from a house in Sepphoris,capital of Roman       
Galilee,showing a bear attacking a deer.
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Mosaic from a house in Sepphoris,capital of Roman Galilee,showing a bear...

Mosaic from a house in Sepphoris,capital of Roman       
Galilee,showing a leopard chasing a hare.
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Mosaic from a house in Sepphoris,capital of Roman Galilee,showing a leop...

The synagogue of Capernaum,largest of ancient          
synagogues in Israel,4th CE, may have been built       
upon an earlier structure,the "synagogue of Jesus".
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The synagogue of Capernaum,largest of ancient synagogues in Israel,4th...

The ancient reservoir of Sepphoris,capital of Roman     
Galilee.The reservoir is carved out of the soft chalk, 
taking advantage of a natural fault line.It is 260 m   
long up to 10 m deep and has a storage capacity of     
4.300 cubic meters.
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The ancient reservoir of Sepphoris,capital of Roman Galilee.The reservoir...

The ancient reservoir of Sepphoris,capital of Roman     
Galilee.The reservoir is carved out of the soft chalk, 
taking advantage of a natural fault line.It is 260 m   
long up to 10 m deep and has a storage capacity of     
4.300 cubic meters.
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The ancient reservoir of Sepphoris,capital of Roman Galilee.The reservoir...

The ancient reservoir of Sepphoris,capital of Roman     
Galilee.The reservoir is carved out of the soft chalk, 
taking advantage of a natural fault line.It is 260 m   
long up to 10 m deep and has a storage capacity of     
4.300 cubic meters.
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The ancient reservoir of Sepphoris,capital of Roman Galilee.The reservoir...

The ancient reservoir of Sepphoris,capital of Roman     
Galilee.The reservoir is carved out of the soft chalk, 
taking advantage of a natural fault line.It is 260 m   
long up to 10 m deep and has a storage capacity of     
4.300 cubic meters.
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The ancient reservoir of Sepphoris,capital of Roman Galilee.The reservoir...

The ancient reservoir of Sepphoris,capital of Roman     
Galilee.The reservoir is carved out of the soft chalk, 
taking advantage of a natural fault line.It is 260 m   
long up to 10 m deep and has a storage capacity of     
4.300 cubic meters.
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The ancient reservoir of Sepphoris,capital of Roman Galilee.The reservoir...