hippos (sussita) excavations Project

The ancient city of Hippos (Sussita) of the Decapolis is located on a hill, 2 km. east of the Sea of Galilee. It is one of the most exciting ancient cities of the Holy Land, continuously excavated by our team for over 20 years.

• M. Eisenberg and A. Kowalewska, Funerary podia of Hippos of the Decapolis and the phenomenon in the Roman world, Journal of Roman Archaeology 2021.

• A. Pažout and M. Eisenberg, The Territory of Hippos: Its Settlement Dynamics and Development from the Hellenistic to the Late Roman Period as Seen through Spatial Analytical Methods, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 38, 2021: 1–15.

• A. Kowalewska and M. Eisenberg, Mason’s Marks of Antiochia Hippos and Roman Syria-Palaestina, In M.S. Vinci and A. Ottati (eds), From the Quarry to the Monument. The Process behind the Process: Design and Organization of the Work in Ancient Architecture, Archaeology and Economy in the Ancient World 26., Propylaeum, Heidelberg 2021: 57–67

• A. Pažout, M. Eisenberg and G. Staab, A Roman Milestone from the Northeastern Shore of the Sea of Galilee, IEJ 70/2, 2020: 215–220.

• M. Eisenberg, The Lion's Mausoleum of Hippos of the Decapolis, PEQ Nov. 2020.

Recent Book

M. Eisenberg, A Visitor's Guide to Ancient Hippos, Haifa 2021.​

M. Eisenberg, Hippos (Sussita) of the Decapolis: The First Twelve Seasons of Excavations (2000-2011), Volume II, Haifa 2018.

For contents

• Excavating Hippos and the Last Roman Theater in the World (Haaretz 12/05/2021).

• Miracle of the Multiplication Mosaic Found on ‘Wrong’ Side of Sea of Galilee (Haaretz 21/08/2019).

• 6th-century inscriptions near Galilee may show Christians’ fading Greek literacy (The Times of Israel 25/07/2019).

• Israeli Archaeologists Discover How Ancient Romans Pulled Off Their Monumental Architecture (Haarez 26/06/2019).

• Cryptic Golan milestone found to be monument to low-born Roman emperor’s reign (Times of Israel 24/04/2019).