The earliest occupation dates back to early biblical times – 5000 BC. Tel Beit Shean, contains 20 subsequent occupation layers. This means 20 cities jumbled on top of each other. The most important layers are from the Egyptian occupation in Canaan and belong archaeologically to the Bronze Age. There are ample remains of buildings, which date to the times of David and Solomon and the kings of the Divided Monarchy after them, Omri and Ahab (11th-10th Centuries BC). Toward the end of the 4th Century AC the city was nominated; the Roman provincial Capital of the 2nd Judaea. At this time the city population was estimated to be about 30,000-40,000 people.