🏛️ Emmaus-Eleutheropolis
Remains of a Greco-Roman city in the West Bank
📌 Fast Facts
- Located in the West Bank, approximately 28 km west of Jerusalem
- Founded as a Ptolemaic settlement; renamed Eleutheropolis under Septimius Severus (193–211 CE)
- Site spans both Hellenistic and Roman periods with substantial Byzantine remains
- Largely unexcavated; accessible via the village of Abu Shusheh
Emmaus-Eleutheropolis occupies a strategic location in the Shephelah region of the West Bank and represents one of the ...