Beit Shearim
Ancient city · Israel
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 32.702, 35.129
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: Roman-era ruin in Lower Galilee
History
Beit She'arim, also Besara, was a Jewish village located in the southwestern hills of the Lower Galilee, during the Roman period, from the 1st century BCE to the 3rd century CE. At one point, it served as the seat of the Sanhedrin, the Jewish Supreme Court.