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Archaeological excavations in the 1950s and 1960s uncovered remains from many periods, in particular, a complex of Crusader fortifications and a Roman theatre.

Other buildings include a temple dedicated to Caesar ; a hippodrome rebuilt in the 2nd century as a more conventional theater ; the Tiberieum, which has a limestone block with a dedicatory inscription.

This is the only archaeological find with an inscription mentioning the name " Pontius Pilatus "; a double aqueduct that brought water from springs at the foot of Mount Carmel ; a boundary wall ; and a 200 ft ( 60 m ) wide moat protecting the harbour to the south and west.

The harbor was the largest on the eastern Mediterranean coast.

Worked directed by Robert Bull of Drew University is still in the process of publication while more recent work in the harbor directed by Robert Hohlfelder * U of Colorado, John Oleson of the U of Victoria, and the late Avner Raban has been largely published.

Caesarea has recently become the site of what bills itself as the world's first underwater museum, where 36 points of interest on four marked underwater trails through the ancient harbor can be explored by divers equipped with waterproof maps.