A salvage excavation conducted at the site of the Bet She’an Youth Hostel, on the eastern margins of the city, revealed remains of four buildings, tombs and water installations belonging to eight strata. In the lowest two strata was a Late Roman and Byzantine ‘burial enclosure’ comprising a stone foundation (Stratum VIII), a burial cave and a cist grave (Stratum VII). Buildings were erected among the burials in Stratum VI and these revealed a number of alterations, made during the Umayyad period (Strata V–IV), until their destruction in the 749 CE earthquake. Abbasid-period Stratum III represents construction following the earthquake. Stratum II consists of building remains from the Ayyubid and Mamluk periods, and Stratum I represents the Ottoman period up to the 1950s. Sixteen hewn or dug pits were uncovered. The finds include pottery and glass vessels, a variety of stone items and tools and metal objects. Two unique hoards were exposed; one consisting of 751 gold coins (Stratum IV), the other, glazed faience bowls (Stratum II).