Sepphoris

Also known as Sepphorium, Zipori, Ẕippori, Zippori, Tzippori

thumb|Aerial view of Sepphoris, 2013 thumb|Remains of Crusader/Ottoman tower in Sepphoris, 1875. Note doorway rebuilt under Daher al-Umar. right|thumb|200px|The same Crusader/Ottoman tower after rebuilding. The upper part was used as a school from the early 1900s until 1948.

Key facts

Israel village.name: Sepphoris / Tzipori / Saffuriya
Israel village.hebname: /
Israel village.image: File:תמונה 134.jpg
Israel village.founded: 5000 BCE (First settlement) 104 BCE (Hasmonean city)634 (Saffuriya) 1948 (depopulated)
Israel village.district: north
Israel village.council: Jezreel Valley
Israel village.pushpin_map: Israel jezreel
Israel village.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Israel village.pushpin_label_position: top
Settlement.name: Saffuriyya
Settlement.native_name: صفورية
Settlement.native_name_lang: ar

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Names
Zippori / Tzipori; Sepphoris
Autocratoris
Eirenopolis and Neronias
Diocaesarea
History
Canaanite and Israelite Zippori in Hebrew Bible, Mishnah, Talmud
Iron Age findings
Hellenistic period; Hasmoneans
Roman and Byzantine periods
Early Roman period
Late Roman and Byzantine periods
Early Muslim period
Crusader, Ayyubid and Mamluk periods
Ottoman period
British Mandate period
State of Israel
Archaeological park
Roman and Byzantine city
Roman theatre
Nile mosaic villa
Dionysus mosaic villa
{{anchor|Byzantine-period synagogue}}Byzantine-period synagogue
{{anchor|Crusader tower}}Crusader tower
Excavation history
See also
Notes
References
Bibliography
External links

Sepphoris ( ; ), known in Hebrew as Tzipori ( Ṣīppōrī) and in Arabic as Saffuriya ( ), is one of the most excavated and studied archaeological sites in Israel. Over time, the site was home to many civilizations. It was a Jewish city during the classical antiquity, and was the epicenter of second century Jewish life. In the modern era it was the Palestinian town of Saffuriya, which was the second largest in the Nazareth Subdistrict after Nazareth itself.