New radiocarbon dating at the Huqoq sanctuary in the Galilee puts its construction after the empire embraced Christianity, ...

Objects discovered during the excavation include oil lamps decorated with the menorah (seven-branched lampstand) and the ...

The Indian roots of Beirut’s Maghen Abraham synagogue are a reminder of the city’s cosmopolitan nature and the harmony before ...

(JTA) — An abandoned and ancient synagogue in Libya is being turned into an Islamic religious center without permission, the World Organization of the Jews of Libya said. David Gerbi, a Libya ...

(JTA) — The remains of an ancient synagogue dating back as far as the 7th century have been discovered in a resort town on Turkey’s mediterranean coast. The synagogue was found recently in the ...

Arubas, B. Y. Forthcoming. The Arbel Synagogue: A Distinctive Case for the Study of the Evolution of an Assembly-House in the Jewish Galilean Rural Community. In Ancient Synagogues Revealed (New ...

Albright W.F. 1924–1925. The Jordan Valley in the Bronze Age. AAS0R 6:13–74. Goldschmidt S. 1973. Synagogue Remains at the Mound of Kefar Qarnaim. Eretz-Israel 11:39–40(Hebrew; English summary, p. 23* ...

The ruins of an ancient Jewish ritual bath have been found near Rome – the oldest such discovery outside of the biblical ...

An extensive Jewish quarter from the ancient Greek city of Phanagoria has been found near one of the world’s most ancient synagogues in Russia’s Taman Peninsula, north of the Black Sea.

Rome and Ostia to this day are dotted with remnants of ancient Jewish history: a menorah on the bas-relief of the ...

I have been writing about ancient history, about the destruction ... For me, this is a time to listen to the sixth century synagogue poet named Rabbi Eleazar haQalir. This author provides no ...