Ancient Synagogues News

Excavations in the ancient synagogue at Horvat Kur (Israel) dating to the Byzantine period (4th—7th c. CE) have uncovered a partially-preserved colorful mosaic floor. http://kinneret-excavations.org/?p=1788

For the first time, advanced technologies made it possible to read parts of a scroll that was completely burnt c. 1,500 years, inside the Holy

New mosaics discovered in synagogue excavations in Galilee. A UNC-Chapel Hill archaeologist who leads the project says images in the mosaics — as well as