If you haven’t been on a tour of Tiberias in the last decade, you have a lot to catch up on with the work of various excavation projects. Shmuel Browns has a well-illustrated summary of some of the important discoveries, including:

• The decorative gate of Herod Antipas
• The main street of the city in use for 700 years
• The Roman theater built by Herod Antipas
• A Roman temple (Hadrianeum)
• A Byzantine monastery and church

His post also includes a number of interesting historical details about the city.

For some interesting descriptions and illustrations of Tiberias in the 19th century, check out Life in the Holy Land.