• Thumbnail for Nabratein synagogue
    The Nabratein synagogue or Navoraya synagogue (Hebrew: נבוריה) is a former ancient synagogue and archaeological site, located in a pine forest northeast...
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  • Sepphoris, north-northwest of Nazareth, was severely damaged. Nabratein and the Nabratein synagogue (northeast of Safed) were destroyed. The earthquake may...
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    A synagogue, also called a shul or a temple, is a place of worship for Jews and Samaritans. It has a place for prayer (the main sanctuary and sometimes...
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  • Thumbnail for Ancient synagogues in Israel
    Neburaya, a compiler of the Haggadah, are buried. The remains of the Nabratein synagogue, discovered in archaeological excavations, indicate that it is one...
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    oldest known remnant of an ark found to date. It was unearthed at Nabratein synagogue in Israel around the time Raiders was released, prompting media interest...
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    numerous significant ancient synagogues, dating from Roman and Byzantine times. Those include the synagogues of Bar'am, Nabratein, Gush Halav, Huqoq, Chorazin...
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  • Thumbnail for Ostia Synagogue
    The Ostia Synagogue is an ancient former Jewish synagogue and archaeological site, located in ancient Ostia, the seaport of Imperial Rome, in modern-day...
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  • Thumbnail for Dura-Europos synagogue
    The Dura-Europos synagogue was an ancient Jewish former synagogue discovered in 1932 at Dura-Europos, Syria. The former synagogue contained a forecourt...
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  • Thumbnail for Gaza synagogue
    The Gaza synagogue is a former ancient Jewish synagogue, that was built in 508 CE during the Byzantine period, Located in the ancient port city of Gaza...
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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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  • Thumbnail for Peki'in Synagogue
    Peki’in Synagogue (Hebrew: בית הכנסת העתיק בפקיעין, lit. 'The ancient synagogue in Peki'in'), is a former Jewish congregation and synagogue located in...
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  • Thumbnail for Ancient synagogues in Palestine
    Ancient synagogues in Palestine refers to synagogues and their remains in the Land of Israel/Palestine region (today's Israel, Palestinian territories...
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  • Thumbnail for Migdal Synagogue
    The Migdal Synagogue or Magdala Synagogue is an ancient former Jewish synagogue, discovered discovered at the ancient city of Magdala, close to the shore...
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  • Thumbnail for Kfar Bar'am synagogue
    Bar'am Synagogue (Hebrew: כְּפַר בַּרְעָם), also known as the Kafar Berem Synagogue, is the archaeological ruins of two former ancient Jewish synagogues, located...
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  • Thumbnail for Jericho synagogue
    The Jericho synagogue is a Jewish synagogue, located in Jericho, in the State of Palestine. The synagogue was built in the Byzantine Empire-era and is...
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  • Thumbnail for Sardis Synagogue
    The Sardis Synagogue is a former ancient Jewish synagogue, that was discovered in the modern-day town of Sardis, in the Manisa Province, in the Aegean...
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  • The ed-Dikke Synagogue is an ancient Jewish synagogue, located 3 km (1.9 mi) north of the Sea of Galilee on the eastern bank of the Jordan River in what...
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  • Thumbnail for Henry S. Frank Memorial Synagogue
    copied from the ancient Nabratein synagogue. The synagogue's floors are set with mosaics, although it was built before mosaic synagogue floors had been discovered...
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  • Thumbnail for Maon Synagogue
    The Maon Synagogue is a 6th-century Jewish synagogue and archaeological site, located in the western Negev desert, near Kibbutz Nirim and Kibbutz Nir...
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  • Thumbnail for Katzrin ancient village and synagogue
    The Katzrin ancient village and synagogue (Hebrew: קצרין העתיקה; also Qasrin, Kasrin, from (Arabic: Qisrin) is an open-air museum located in the Golan...
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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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    Seven-branched menorah, from the Eshtemoa synagogue, 4th–5th century CE Torah Ark lintel from the Nabratein Synagogue, 3rd century CE Wood panels from the...
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  • The Wadi Qelt Synagogue is claimed to be a former ancient Jewish synagogue and archeological site, located in Wadi Qelt, outside Jericho, in the West Bank...
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  • Thumbnail for Anim Synagogue
    The Anim Synagogue is an ancient former Jewish synagogue, located approximately 25 km (16 mi) drive northwest of Arad, in the Yatir Forest, immediately...
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    Chorazin (category Ancient synagogues in the Land of Israel)
    ancient synagogue is the presence of three-dimensional sculpture, a pair of stone lions. A similar pair of lions was found in the synagogue at Kfar Bar'am...
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  • Thumbnail for Ancient Synagogue of Shfaram
    The Ancient Synagogue of Shfaram (Hebrew: בית הכנסת בשפרעם; Arabic: شفا عمرو كنيس) is a former ancient synagogue, located in the Israeli-Arab city of Shfaram...
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  • Susya (category Ancient synagogues in the Land of Israel)
    Byzantine periods, including the ruins of an archeologically notable synagogue, repurposed as a mosque after the Muslim conquest of Palestine in the...
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  • Thumbnail for Delos Synagogue
    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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  • Thumbnail for Andriake Synagogue
    The Andriake Synagogue is a former ancient Jewish synagogue, that was discovered in Andriake, an ancient city in the historical region of Lycia, in Asia...
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  • Thumbnail for Eshtemoa synagogue
    The Eshtemoa Synagogue is a former ancient Jewish synagogue and archeological site, located 15 km (9.3 mi) south of Hebron in as-Samu, West Bank, in the...
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