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Caesarea Maritima

A historic fortification with stone walls and a dome stands prominently along the coastline, bathed in the warm glow of sunset, showcasing Herod the Great's deep-water port at Caesarea Maritima, built between roughly 22 and 10 BCE.

Herod the Great's deep-water port on the coast of what is now Israel, built between roughly 22 and 10 BCE. The harbour breakwaters were constructed by pouring Roman concrete directly into wooden forms sunk in the sea, an engineering feat without parallel in the ancient world. The concrete has survived two thousand years of wave action and is the type-site for studies of Roman marine cement.

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