The top of a limestone column discovered in the Western Galilee may pinpoint the location of the ancient village of Peqi’in, where the Galilean sages hid in a cave from the Romans 1,800 years ...

An Ancient Structure in Israel Long Thought to Be a Synagogue Is Actually an 1,800-Year-Old Roman Temple The building could help fill in a gap in the historical record of the region. Beit Guvrin ...

Israeli archaeologists have uncovered the ruins of a 1,500-year-old synagogue near the city of Beit Shean in the Jordan Valley, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Monday.

TEL AVIV (JTA) — The remains of an ancient synagogue were discovered in northern Israel. Excavators from a consortium of American schools and the Israel Antiquities Authority unearthed the ...

A medieval building that may have been used as a synagogue has been uncovered at the site of Huqoq, a village near the Sea of Galilee in Israel. Constructed during the 12th to 13th centuries, the ...

During the excavation in June, archaeologists found two new panels of a mosaic floor in a Late Roman (fifth-century) synagogue at Huqoq, an ancient Jewish village. One panel showed Noah's ark with ...

An archaeological team excavating a 5 th-century synagogue near the Sea of Galilee has uncovered mosaics that appear to portray monumental events of antiquity. Said to be of “extremely high ...

Excavations at an ancient synagogue near Galilee in Israel have revealed breathtaking, unique mosaics including a meeting between Alexander the Great and a Jewish high priest.

Surprising Mosaics Revealed in Ancient Synagogue in Israel. Archaeologists puzzle over depictions of dancers, elephants, and a mysterious figure that may be Alexander the Great.