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1 online resource |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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PDF (JSTOR, viewed January 14, 2019). |
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Front Matters; Contents; Time Line; Preface; Caesarea Antiquities Geographical Background and Historical Introduction; Ancient Harbors and Anchorages in Caesarea; Caesarea National Park; Caesarea's Cultural Significance; Preservation Problems and their Causes; Caesarea Project 1992-2001: Conservation and Development of Heritage Site; Principels of Conservation Intervention at Caesarea; Conservation of Mosaics an Mosaic Research at Caesarea; Do Shelters Protect the Mosaic at Caesarea?; Conservation of the Roman and Byzantine Wall Paintings at Caesarea |
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Re-Erecting of the Obelisk in the Eastern CircusAfterword; References |
| Summary |
Caesarea and its artificial harbor were constructed on the Mediterranean Sea, midway between 'Akko and Yafo (Jaffa). This location created a magnificent meeting point of nature and landscape on the one hand, and of cultural heritage on the other, albeit at the cost of exposing the site to accelerated processes of weathering and destruction. The Israel Antiquities Authority undertook the task of saving the ruins of Caesarea and turning them into a tourist heritage site. Archaeological excavations, conservation and reconstruction works, alongside modern use of ancient and historical buildings at. |
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Caesarea (Israel) -- Antiquities.
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Israel -- Caesarea.
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World Heritage areas -- Israel.
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Fouilles (Archéologie) -- Israël -- Césarée.
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Sites du patrimoine mondial -- Israël.
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Antiquities
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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World Heritage areas
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Israel https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdgWx83Xb7cjjrMXBJYyd
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Israel -- Caesarea
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJfWXFQykHDKpxj7fCbTpP
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| Added Author |
Porath, Y., author.
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Vamosh, Miriam Feinberg, translator.
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| ISBN |
9789654066969 (electronic bk.) |
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9654066963 (electronic bk.) |
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AU@ 000065068065 |
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