The Roman destruction of Jerusalem’s Second Temple in 70 CE scattered the Jewish people out into the empire, from the Greek islands to as far as modern-day Spain and Portugal. Following this cataclysmic event, Jerusalem’s great assembly of the Sanhedrin, a sort of Supreme Court of the Jewish nation, migrated north to the Galilean city of Bet She’arim.A nice photo essay, as we have come to expect from Atlas Obscura.
For past PaleoJudaica posts on Beit She'arim (Beith Shearim) see here and links.
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