Herod the Great, who figures prominently in both Middle Eastern history and the Bible, built Caesarea as a deep harbor in 22 BC. It was the largest artificial harbor ever built in the open sea at the time. Mediterranean earthquakes, and the ravages of time have since had their way with Herod’s harbor. It is now mostly silted in, but evidence of the ruined harbor can still be seen at water’s edge, particularly these broken pillars. Once part of Herod’s Caesarea, the fallen pillars were eventually tossed into the sea to form part of a breakwater in medieval times. I juxtaposed these forlorn reminders of Herod’s harbor with the yellow rocks that strew the coastline of Caesarea.