Pekiin

Other Name: Pkiin, Buqei’a
Religion: Jewish

Archaeological Evidences:

Period: Late Roman and/or Byzantine
Excavation: Unexcavated
Selected Surveyors: Yitzchak Ben Zvi (1930?)
Main Finds: Stone with menorah, incense shovel, shofar and lulav and a stone with a conjectured depiction of the holy ark. Finds were found in synagogue built in 1873.
Site Condition: Stones can be viewed in the synagogue. Visits organized throught the Beit Zinati Visitors Center
Stone with holy ark presented in the modren synagogue, Gilead Peli all rights reserved.

Geographic Details

Geographical Region: Upper Galilee
864, Peki’in, Israel
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