One of the oldest cities in the world, Beit-Shean was a strategic crossroads and the site where the bodies of Saul and his sons were displayed. It later became a major Hellenistic and Roman city (Scythopolis) with a large Jewish population.
- iTemple of Amun-Ra from the Egyptian period
- iiExtensive Roman theater and colonnaded streets
- iiiSynagogue mosaics with Hebrew inscriptions
- ivEvidence of the Philistine occupation
Excavators — William F. Albright, Amihai Mazar