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For readability, I display the pages on top of each other rather than side-by-side (book format). Chapters and sections begin on even pages (left side) with introductory photos. Title pages begin on odd pages (right side).
To see the book layout, reduce the percentage in the title bar below to about 50. Then click the three dots in the title bar (right side) and select “Two page view.”
View northeast: The Roman amphitheater of Sepphoris looks out across the western end of the Beit Netofa Valley toward the mountains of Lower Galilee.
View northwest: The Roman amphitheater of Sepphoris with the Crusader tower above it (top center). The view from the tower of Lower Galilee is spectacular (see photo above).
View east: This map also goes with Jotapata (page 99) and Nazareth (page 127). The cities around Jotapata and Sepphoris figure into the campaigns of Vespasian in Lower Galilee.
South of the theater is a third-century AD mansion known as the Dionysus House. the dining room floor features this beautiful portrait of an unknown woman called “The Mona Lisa of Galilee.”
View northeast: This colonnaded street dates to the early second century ad. The Builders paved the porticoes along the sides of the street with mosaics. Wagon wheel ruts (center) attest to its use.
View west: Roman-built aqueducts filled Sepphoris’s impressive underground reservoir that stored water and regulated its flow into the city. The reservoir was reached through six vertical shafts.
Detail of the underground reservoir that carried water to the city.
View south: The first of six vertical shafts that led to the reservoir below the city. Nazareth is also visible (top).
View north: This photo was taken standing near the theater (see photos on page 118), looking toward Kefar Manda (center left) and Cana of Galilee (center right; sunlit mound on the right edge of the photo).
View northwest: The crusader fortress of Sepphoris (top left) is visible from all over Lower Galilee, including Nazareth. The Hebrew name for the city is Zippori (“bird”) because it sits on a hilltop like a bird.
View northwest: The fifth-century AD synagogue of Sepphoris, covered for protection, was built near Roman residential buildings. Ancient sources indicate that Sepphoris had more than one synagogue.
View northwest: The Crusader fortress was refurbished at the end of the nineteenth century and served as a school until 1948. Today it houses a museum of Sepphoris archaeological finds.
The mosaic floor of the Sepphoris synagogue. Signs describe the various scenes, which include Jewish motifs and Bible stories arranged in horizontal panels.
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If you’re using photos as part of a PowerPoint (electronic) presentation, it’s enough to mention the source of the photos at the beginning of your lecture.
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