The mosaics at the Huqoq synagogue date to the synagogue's construction in the early fifth century, or possibly slightly later. To try to figure out why the artists chose to depict nonbiblical ...

Digging began over a decade ago at the site of a fifth century synagogue ... small mosaic stones, called tesserae—a hint that something truly special might lie beneath. Dawn’s early light ...

Elsewhere in the ancient synagogue, other mosaics depict scenes from the Book of Judges, Magness tells Religion News Service. Because existing rabbinic literature from the time doesn’t describe ...

The excavations into the late fourth-early fifth century synagogue, which are in their tenth season, have been progressively uncovering the remarkable mosaic that adorned the floor of the structure.