Infolive.tv Minute - A Look At Israel's Ancient Roman Ruins

Antipatris, one of two places known as Tel Afek, was a city built by Herod the Great, and named in honour of his father, Antipater II of Judea. It lay between Caesarea Maritima and Lydda, two miles inland, on the great Roman road from Caesarea to Jerusalem.

Tel Afek served as a fortress and major strategic points in battles between the Egyptians, Israelites and Philistines in the Bronze Age, until it fell into ruin prior to Herod's rebuilding. The city was destroyed in 363 CE by an earthquake. It was later used as a fort by the crusaders, Arabs and Turks.

The city ruins are located in Tel Afek east of Petah Tikva and west of Kafr Qasim and Rosh HaAyin, near the source of the Yarkon River. 06/19/08

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[ramichki]

so funny... but this is my land and this is an TURKISH building and located on Majdal Al Sadeq (Yaba) my home land in Palestine and called Paraz El Den...

[createsutoo]

thank U kindly for the clip here.

very nice.....i note the Trees surrounding this ruin...are..quite...Healthy..v­ery nice to see.

nice clip..thanx again.+.

[bhatindawalla]

Israel was here all those years ago. AM YISRAEL CHAI