Editing Tiberias (section)

==Archaeology==
A 2,000 year-old Roman theatre was discovered {{convert|15|m|ft|abbr=off}} under layers of debris and refuse at the foot of Mount Bernike south of modern Tiberias. It once seated over 7,000 people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1115642.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090922201708/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1115642.html|title=2,000-year-old amphitheater|archive-date=September 22, 2009}}</ref>

In 2004, excavations in Tiberias conducted by the [[Israel Antiquities Authority]] uncovered a structure dating to the 3rd century CE that may have been the seat of the [[Sanhedrin]]. At the time it was called Beit Hava'ad.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/researchers-say-tiberias-basilica-may-have-housed-sanhedrin-1.117483|title=Researchers Say Tiberias Basilica May Have Housed Sanhedrin|first=Eli|last=Ashkenazi|date=22 March 2004|newspaper=Haaretz|access-date=29 November 2011|archive-date=4 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150604044639/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/researchers-say-tiberias-basilica-may-have-housed-sanhedrin-1.117483|url-status=live}}</ref>

In June 2018, an underground Jewish mausoleum was discovered. Archaeologists said that the mausoleum was between 1,900 to 2,000 years old as of 2018. The names of the dead were inscribed on the ossuaries in [[Greek language|Greek]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-builders-accidentally-discover-roman-era-jewish-catacomb-in-israel-1.6167799|title=Builders accidentally discover Roman-era catacomb of rich Jewish family in northern Israel|website=Haaretz|access-date=2018-06-13|archive-date=2018-06-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613234353/https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-builders-accidentally-discover-roman-era-jewish-catacomb-in-israel-1.6167799|url-status=live}}</ref>

In January 2021, the foundations of a mosque dating to the earliest years of Muslim rule was excavated just south of the Sea of Galilee by archaeologists led by Katia Cytryn-Silverman from the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]]. Built around 670 CE, it is considered to have been the first purpose-built mosque in the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/28/remnants-of-mosque-from-earliest-decades-of-islam-found-in-israel|title=Remnants of mosque from earliest decades of Islam found in Israel|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=28 January 2021|access-date=29 January 2021|archive-date=29 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129002908/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/28/remnants-of-mosque-from-earliest-decades-of-islam-found-in-israel|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=By Sea of Galilee, archaeologists find ruins of early mosque|url=https://news.yahoo.com/sea-galilee-archaeologists-ruins-early-155953029.html|access-date=2021-09-06|website=news.yahoo.com|date=28 January 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref>