This volume covers the thousand-year history of this Galilean city and, for the first time, provides a comprehensive and updated picture of its urban plan, buildings, and inhabitants in a period of transition and change. The historical, cultural, and societal discussions contained therein examine the city in light of is archaeological finds, inscriptions, and literary sources. The book incorporates an abundance of illustrations and photographs, plans and reconstructions elucidating the glorious past of Sepphoris - a large and prosperous city, a mosaic of cultures