Caesarea Maritima, Volume I: Herod’s Circus and related Buildings Part 1: Architecture and stratigraphy

Caesarea Maritima, Volume I: Herod’s Circus and related Buildings Part 1: Architecture and stratigraphy

Yosef Porath 

This is Part 1 of Volume 1 in a series of final reports of the IAA Excavation Project at Caesarea (1992–1998), the renowned ancient city built by King Herod. Volume 1 focuses on Herod’s Circus, the facility Herod designed for chariot races. Volume 1: Part 1 presents the background, architecture and stratigraphy of the complex. Part 2 (IAA Reports 57) describes the find from this complex.

EISBN

9789654065917

Publication Date

1-12-2013

Publisher

Israel Antiquities Authority

City

Jerusalem

Disciplines

Historic Preservation and Conservation | History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology | Life Sciences | Religion | Social and Behavioral Sciences

Recommended Citation

Porath, Yosef, "Caesarea Maritima, Volume I: Herod’s Circus and related Buildings Part 1: Architecture and stratigraphy" (2013). IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority. 23.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.69704/iaaRepV000.1996.23

https://publications.iaa.org.il/iaareports/23

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Download Front Matter (486 KB)

Download Chapter 1: Introduction (2.3 MB)

Download Chapter 2: Discovery and Identification of Herod’s Circus (1.1 MB)

Download Chapter 3: Stratum VII—InitIal Phase of herod’s CIrcus (3.1 MB)

Download Chapter 4: Strata VIC and VIB—AlteratIons and ModIficatIons to the InItIal CIrcus (3.3 MB)

Download Chapter 5: Stratum VIA—TransformatIon Into an Amphitheater and the CIrcus Revived (2.9 MB)

Download Chapter 6: Stratum V—Post-Circus Remains (1.3 MB)

Download Chapter 7: The Stratum VI PodIum Wall PaIntIngs— Discovery, CleanIng and PreservatIon (735 KB)

Download Chapter 8: The Roman Amphitheater Wall Paintings—The Pictorial Program (694 KB)

Download Chapter 9: Chapel 1362—Graffiti with a Maritime Scene (930 KB)

Download Chapter 10: Summary and Conclusions (639 KB)

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Download Appendix 1: List of Architectural Complexes (596 KB)

Download Appendix 2: List of Loci and Walls (681 KB)

Download Color Plates: The Stratum VI Podium Wall Paintings (2.5 MB)