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Dura

Other Name: ed-Dura
Religion: Jewish

Archaeological Evidences:

Period: Late Roman and/or Byzantine
Excavation: Unexcavated
Selected Surveyors: Gottlieb Schumacher (1884), Dan Urman (1968, 1972)
Main Finds: Architectural elements, pillars and capitals.
Site Condition: No entrance. Inside minefield.
Columns IAA survey (see link below) map 18/1 site 41 fig. 4, courtesy of Moshe Hartal and the Israel Antiquities Authority

Geographic Details

Geographical Region: Golan

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Selected Bibliography:

Selected Bibliography
  1. Meir, D. and Meir, E. Ancient Synagogues of the Golan. Jerusalem, 2015: 170.
  2. Urman, D. "Public Structures And Jewish Communities In The Golan Heights" in Ancient Synagogues. ed. D. Urman and P. Flesher, Leiden, 1995: 461-463.
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/dura/

Photos:

Photos
Columns IAA survey (see link below) map 18/1 site 41 fig. 4, courtesy of Moshe Hartal and the Israel Antiquities Authority © <i> synagogues.kinneret.ac.il </i>
Columns IAA survey (see link below) map 18/1 site 41 fig. 4, courtesy of Moshe Hartal and the Israel Antiquities Authority

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