Beth Shearim

In the Second Temple period, Bet Shearim was a small settlement in Galilee, built on the top of a hill, with dwelling houses, farmyards etc. Only in the 1930s another part of Bet Shearim, due to which the place is of exceptional archaeological value, was discovered by chance: the City of the Dead. Today, more than 30 caves of the necropolis are unearthed; some of them are open to visitors.