Ammudim

Geographical Region: Lower Galilee

Longitude: 32.815127173757936     Latitude: 35.40927350521088     Open the map in a new window

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Period: Late Roman and/or Byzantnine

Excavators: Heinrich Kohl and Carl Watzinger (1906) Israel Levine (1979)

Main Finds: Columns, benches and mosiac. One heart shaped pillar still standing.

Inscriptions: Aramaic (Levine 1982: 2, 8-9)

Mosaics: yes

Site Condition: Open to the public

1. Adan Bayewitz, D. "The Ceramics From the Synagogue of Horvat Ammudim and their Chronological Implications" Israel Exploration Journal 32/1, 1982: 13-31.
2. Kohl, H. and Watzinger, C. Antike Synagogen in Galilaea. Leipzig, 1916: 71-79.
3. Levine, L.I. "Excavations at Horvat ha-'Amudim" in Ancient Synagogues Revealed. ed. L.I. Levine, Jerusalem, 1981: 78-81.
4. Levine, L.I. "Excavations at the Synagogue of Horvat 'Ammudim" Israel Exploration Journal 32, 1982: 1-12.
5. Levine, L.I. "Horvat Amudim" in The New Encyclopedia of Archeological Excavations in the Holy Land. Jerusalem, 1993: 55-56.

Pictures:

General view - Gilead Peli all rights reserved

Looking north west - Gilead Peli all rights reserved

Looking east - Gilead Peli all rights reserved

Plans:

Kohl and Watzinger 1916: Tafel X

Links:

• Israel Nature and Parks Authority