Heritage sites, Archaeological discoveries, History of Archaeology

Gezer

Location

Tel Aviv

Country

Israel

Year of Research

1350 BC.

Culture

Archaeological excavations in the 1950s and 1960s discovered remains from many periods, in particular, a complex of Crusader fortifications and a Roman theatre.
Other buildings involved a temple dedicated to Caesar; a hippodrome reconstructed in the 2nd century as a more conventional amphitheater, the Tiberieum, which has a limestone block with a dedicatory inscription.
Herod is built in to his palace on a promontory jutting out into the sea, with a decorative pool surrounded by stoas. In 13 BC, Caesarea became the civilian and military capital of Judaea, and the official residence of the Roman procurators and governors, Pontius Pilatus, praefectus and Antonius Felix.
Remains of the principal architectures were established by Herod and the medieval town are still visible today, including the city walls, the castle and a Crusader cathedral and church.