• The Bova Marina Synagogue, located in Bova Marina, Calabria, is the second oldest synagogue uncovered in Italy and one of the oldest in Europe, dating...
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    the Bova Marina Synagogue were discovered. This is the second oldest confirmed site of a synagogue in Italy, the oldest being the ancient synagogue of...
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  • Italy Bova Marina, a comune in the Province of Reggio Calabria in Italy Bova Marina Synagogue Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova, an archdiocese...
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    the 1st century AD, with use as a synagogue proven from the 2nd century. The Bova Marina Synagogue site in Bova Marina, Calabria. This site was discovered...
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  • The ancient synagogue of Gaza was built in 508 CE during the Byzantine period and was discovered in 1965. It was located in the ancient port city of Gaza...
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    The Dura-Europos synagogue was an ancient synagogue uncovered at Dura-Europos, Syria, in 1932. The synagogue contains a forecourt and house of assembly...
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    Capernaum (section Synagogue)
    1st century AD. Archaeological excavations have revealed two ancient synagogues built one over the other. A house turned into a church by the Byzantines...
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    For example, the remains of the 4th century, Bova Marina Synagogue are located in the town of Bova Marina Another example is an inscription that mentions...
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    The Sardis Synagogue is a synagogue located in Manisa Province, Turkey, the biggest one known from antiquity. Sardis was under numerous foreign rulers...
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    Kfar Baram synagogue (Hebrew: כְּפַר בַּרְעָם), also Kafar Berem synagogue, is the ruins of two ancient Jewish synagogues at the site of Kafr Bir'im, a...
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    The Jericho synagogue dates to the late 6th or early 7th century CE and was discovered in Jericho in 1936. All that remains from the ancient prayer house...
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    The Ostia Synagogue is an ancient synagogue located in ancient Ostia, the seaport of Imperial Rome. It is one of the oldest synagogues in the world, the...
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    The Migdal Synagogue or Magdala Synagogue is the name used for the first of two ancient synagogues discovered at the ancient city of Magdala in Israel...
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    found in the eastern aisle. The remains of Hammat Tiberias's "Synagogue B", or "Synagogue of Severus", are adjacent to the southern city wall, within the...
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    The Shfaram synagogue (Hebrew: בית הכנסת בשפרעם) (Arabic: شفا عمرو كنيس) is an ancient synagogue located in the Israeli-Arab city of Shfaram, Northern...
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  • The Wadi Qelt Synagogue is the name given by some to a building controversially identified by its excavator, archaeologist Ehud Netzer, as a Hasmonean-period...
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    The Katzrin ancient village and synagogue (Hebrew: קצרין העתיקה; also Qasrin and Kasrin, from the Arabic Qisrin) is an open-air museum located in the...
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    The Peki’in Synagogue (בית הכנסת העתיק בפקיעין), is a synagogue located in the centre of Peki'in, Northern Israel. The current building was erected in...
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    The Eshtemoa Synagogue, located 15 km south of Hebron in as-Samu, West Bank, refers to the remains of an ancient Jewish synagogue dating from around the...
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    Andriake Synagogue is an ancient synagogue discovered in Andriake, an ancient city in the historical region of Lycia, in Asia Minor. The building was...
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  • The ed-Dikke Synagogue, located 3 km north of the Sea of Galilee on the eastern bank of the Jordan River in what are the Golan Heights (Jaulan), was an...
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    Anim Synagogue, a 25 km (16 mi) drive northwest of Arad, was an ancient synagogue in use during the 4th–7th centuries CE. The site is recognized as a National...
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    The Ein Gedi synagogue is located within the remains of the ancient Jewish settlement of Ein Gedi. The archaeological site is part of the Ein Gedi Nature...
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    The Deir Aziz synagogue is an ancient synagogue dating from the Mishnaic and Talmudic periods, located at the archeological site of Deir Aziz, in the...
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    Umm el-Qanatir (category Ancient synagogues in the Land of Israel)
    Roman-period Pagan and later Jewish settlement, who left behind the ruins of a synagogue when they abandoned the town after it being destroyed by the catastrophic...
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    The Delos Synagogue is the name given to a second century Hellenic structure that is located in Delos, in the Mykonos Municipality of the South Aegean...
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    Tzippori Synagogue (Sepphoris Synagogue) is an ancient synagogue discovered in Sepphoris, a Roman-era Jewish city in the Galilee, now an archaeological...
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    The Maon Synagogue is a 6th-century synagogue and archaeological site located in the Negev Desert near Kibbutz Nirim and Kibbutz Nir Oz. It is noted for...
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    Gamla (section Synagogue)
    flocked. There were not enough places in the city, and even the city synagogue was adapted to accommodate refugees. The seizure of the city was of fundamental...
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    The Priene Synagogue is an ancient synagogue located in Priene, Turkey. The synagogue was discovered by archaeologists Theodor Wiegand and Hans Schrader...
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