Its peak was in the Byzantine period, when the tell had at least one large public building.

There are also remains of churches from the Byzantine period.

Christian artifacts from the Byzantine period have been found at the site.

The graves of those who died in the island during the Byzantine period can still be seen today.

"Would you say that these figures for the Byzantine period are pretty accurate?"

A monastery and other remains from the Byzantine period have been found.

By the late Byzantine period, it had become the state's sole treasury department.

The reserve also has remains of an ancient village from the Byzantine period.

The town became an episcopal centre during the early Byzantine period.

The highest population of the 3rd to 7th centuries probably occurred in the Byzantine period.