The Herodian Bathhouse at Cypros

Last Quarter of the 1st Century BCE

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Stone ruins with partial walls, including some with window-like openings, surrounded by trees and greenery; shade cloths are stretched above part of the site.
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Architecture of Ancient Jewish Houses and Palaces

4th Century BCE–6th Century CE

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