Unearthing Sussita

[Eldorado]

Archaeologists are unveiling a magnificent monumental city, with a view to match.Read more...

"Peering up from the shore of Lake Kinneret, known to many as the Sea of Galilee, one can hardly detect any structures atop that imposing flat-topped mountain. But at its summit, twelve years of continuous archaeological excavations on the site of the ancient city of Antiochia Hippos, now known as Sussita, have unearthed a wealth of Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and Umayyad structures erected during a period of a thousand years – from the 2^nd century BCE to the 8^th century CE. Yet much excavation work still has to be done to reveal the city in all its former magnificence and glory."

Some great pics along with above article, here:

http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/march-2012/article/unearthing-sussita