Apollonia

Other Name: Arsuf

Religion: Samaritan

Archaeological Evidences:

Period: Late Roman and/or Byzantine

Excavation: Excavated

Excavators: Oren Tal (2014-2015)

Main Finds: A hall with an east west orientation, a mosaic pavement with bilingual Greek-Samaritan inscription

Identified Structure: Yes

Inscriptions: Bilingual Greek-Samaritan (Tal 2020: 7-9)

Mosaics: Yes

Site Condition: Inside Apollonia National Park-entrance fee. The mosaic can be viewed at the site.

Geographic Details

Geographical Region: Coastal Plain

Longitude: 34.807080

Latitude: 32.192052

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Selected Bibliography:

Selected Bibliography

Tal, O. "A Samaritan Synagogue of the Byzantine Period at Apollonia-Arsuf/Sozousa?" Religions 11(3) 127, 2020.

Bibliographic citation of this page

Ben David, C. Osband, M. Aviam, M. Site: ‘Synagogues.Kinneret.ac.il’, The Bornblum Eretz Israel Website for the Study of Ancient Synagogues, accessed on 24 June 2025, https://synagogues.kinneret.ac.il/synagogues/apollonia/

Photos:

Photos

Plans and Drawings:

Plans

Links:

Links

Apollonia National Park - Israel Nature and Parks Authority