Beit She’arim declared World Heritage Site

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Beit She’arim was a prosperous settlement during the period of the Mishnah’s redaction (1st to 3rd centuries ACE) and the site includes 30 burial caves where rich people and scholars of the period, including the chief redactor of the Mishnah, Rabbi Yehuda Hanasi, were buried…

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By Itamar Eichner, Ahiya Raved, Roi Kais

Read more about: Ancient history, Archaeological sites in Israel, Beit She'arim, Jewish culture, Jews, Judah the Prince, Mishnah, Nasi, Religion/Belief, Roi Kais, Talmud