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Aqueducts brought fresh water to the city.
The Hippodrome hosted chariot races and
The theater was for athletic competition, concerts and deadly gladiator games.
speaking events. Remodeled, it is in use again today!
Remains of the man-made harbor are still easy to identify.
Herod devised an ingenious way to build the harbor with
underwater walls. Though the above-the-water walls were
destroyed by the constant pounding of the surf, the
underwater walls are still in place. Archaeologists have Herod’s palace featured a swimming pool
recovered many artifacts in recent years by diving around complex that jutted out into the ocean.
these walls.
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