page_title: Hamat Tiberias
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Hamat Tiberias / History
caption_attribution_description: Tiberias, Thermal Baths
context_page_description: Hamat Tiberias is an ancient archaeological site and an Israeli national park known as Hamat Tverya National Park which is located on the Tiberias-Zemach road that runs along the shore of the Sea of Galilee to Tiberias.
context_section_description: The 17 springs of Hamat Tiberias have been known since antiquity for their curative properties. According to the Jerusalem Talmud, a village once rested upon the site and was distinct from Tiberias. The site was rediscovered in 1920 when the Tiberias-Samakh road was being constructed.
  The Hamei Tveriya natural hot springs are located on the grounds of the park. According to the sages of the Talmud, the springs were heated when they streamed past the entrance of Hell. Archaeologists have concluded it was built on the ruins of the biblical city of Hammath. (Joshua 19:350 However the finds of the excavations are limited to the 1st-8th centuries CE. The small town eventually merged with Tiberias.
caption: Tiberias thermal baths, 1925
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