Tiberias dig unearths very rare marble floor
By Eli Ashkenazi (Ha'aretz)
A marble floor dating from the first century CE was unearthed during this season's excavations of ancient Tiberias.
According to archaeologist Professor Yizhar Hirschfeld, director of the three-week dig that ended yesterday, the floor is apparently a remnant of a pavement in the palace of Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great, who ruled the Galilee from 4 BCE to 38 CE.
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