Bet Shean
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...by the Romans, rebuilt, and made the center of the Decapolis . The modern Bet Shean was established in 1949 by Israeli settlers. Archaeological finds include temples of the Canaanite Bronze Age, a Hellenistic-Roman temple, and a Byzantine...