Located in southern Galilee in the Jordan Valley, Beit She’an National Park was created to protect and preserve the site of one of Israel‘s oldest cities. One can easily spend a few hours exploring the vast and fascinating park. Some of the country’s most spectacular artifacts dating back to the Bronze Age are on exhibit, as well as an impressive 7,000-seat Roman amphitheater, public baths, workshops, a temple, and the colonnaded Palladius street. Don’t miss She’an Nights, an evening sound-and-light show in which images of Roman buildings and people are projected onto the ruins along the central street, briefly bringing the city back to life.
The excavations in Beit Shean have uncovered remains from Late Neolithic or Early Chalcolithic periods (sixth to fifth millennia BCE) and onwards including remains from the Egyptian, Biblical, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods.The picture shows the Roman theater in Beit Shean National Park ,one of the best preserved theaters in the region. In the National Park there is also a cardo, a hippodrome and an acqueduct. Photo by Itamar Grinberg.
Itamar Grinberg / Israeli Ministry of Tourism
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Beit She'an National Park
Located in southern Galilee in the Jordan Valley, Beit She’an National Park was created to protect and preserve the site of one of Israel‘s oldest cities. One can easily spend a few hours exploring the vast and fascinating park. Some of the country’s most spectacular artifacts dating back to the Bronze Age are on exhibit, as well as an impressive 7,000-seat Roman amphitheater, public baths, workshops, a temple, and the colonnaded Palladius street. Don’t miss She’an Nights, an evening sound-and-light show in which images of Roman buildings and people are projected onto the ruins along the central street, briefly bringing the city back to life.
Explore The Ancient History of Galilee
Located in southern Galilee in the Jordan Valley, Beit She’an National Park was created to protect and preserve the site one of Israel‘s oldest cities. One can easily spend a few hours exploring the vast and fascinating park. Some of the country’s most spectacular artifacts dating back to the Bronze Age are on exhibit, as well as an impressive 7,000-seat Roman amphitheater, public baths, workshops, a temple, and the colonnaded Palladius street. Don’t miss She’an Nights, a nightly sound and light show, in which images of Roman buildings and people are projected onto the ruins along the central street, briefly bringing the city back to life.
