🏛️ Caesarea Maritima
Roman port city on the Mediterranean coast of Israel
📌 Fast Facts
- Located on Israel's central Mediterranean coast, approximately 40 km north of Tel Aviv
- Founded by Herod the Great around 25 BCE as a major Roman port and administrative center
- Named in honor of the Roman Emperor Augustus (originally Kaisareia)
- Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2008 as part of "Tels, Tells, Tels – Archaeology of the Levantine Tells"
Caesarea Maritima stands as one of the most significant archaeological sites of the Roman period in the Eastern ...