Bet Guvrin - Sights

In 1921 excavations on a site 1km/0.75mi southeast of the village of Bet Guvrin brought to light two mosaic pavements from Christian churches of the fifth-sixth centuries with representations of deer, birds, the Seasons and a hunting scene.

The excavators also found a third century synagogue. Among the remains (now mostly in the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem) were a column with a Hebrew inscription and a capital carved with a seven-branched candlestick.

By the roadside is a building of the Crusader period which was occupied by Arabs until 1948.