Duheisha

Religion: Jewish

Archaeological Evidences:

Period: Late Roman and/or Byzantine
Excavation: Unexcavated
Selected Surveyors: Jacob Ory (1934), Moshe Fischer and Itamar Taxel (2001-2014)
Main Finds: Marble Menorah and other architectural stones
Site Condition: Nothing visible at the site
Reconstruction of the menora’s arm. Courtesy of Itamar Taxel. See also Fischer and Taxel 2008: 16 fig. 10.

Geographic Details

Geographical Region: Judea
Longitude: 34.771456
Latitude: 31.882313
משתלת אהובה, HaAlon Street, Ge’alya, Israel

Selected Bibliography:

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 21 June 2025, https://synagogues.kinneret.ac.il/synagogues/copy/

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