Basically, this is just a tiny smattering. Check out the marble lined jacuzzi, right? The cross embedded in one of the column capitals (definitely a Christian addition from the 5th century), remnants of the private harbor, a part of the huge chariot racing track, a small sampling of the gorgeous mosaic floors all throughout, and the last block carries the name "Pontius Pilatus"....
The arched ceiling is the entrance the Crusaders built for their version of the site. Randomly, there was a sleeping kitty tucked away on a column, and from the many pictures we took of the signs throughout the site, the one here depicts what the circus would have looked like.
The floor with a circle - shaped hole in it is the great hall where Paul gave his testimony to the dignitaries of his day. We also went to the see the famed aqueducts which supplied the entire Herod Ian complex with copious amounts of running water--it's the picture which looks like a bridge.
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