🏛️ Caesarea Paneas
Hellenistic and Roman city ruins in northern Israel
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Banias, Upper Galilee, northern Israel, 40 km north of Sea of Galilee
- Founded: 3rd century BCE as Pan sanctuary; expanded 4 BCE–34 CE under Herod Philip
- Key features: Spring-fed temple remains, Byzantine church foundations, Roman administrative structures
- Current status: Open within Banias Waterfall National Park; partially excavated; active research site
Caesarea Paneas is a Hellenistic and Roman settlement in northern Israel that grew around a natural spring sacred ...