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American archaeologists unearth mosaic in Roman-era synagogue in Israel
Excavations reveal mosaic artwork near the ancient Jewish village of Huqoq, in Israel's Lower Galilee, led by University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
A mosaic was newly unearthed at a Roman-era synagogue in the ancient Jewish village of Huqoq. The archaeological excavations were led by a team from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, in the United States, who were digging in the Lower Galilee region of Israel.
The mosaic artwork found is a large panel with a Hebrew inscription in the center and an Aramaic inscription at the bottom. The excavation team suggested that the Aramaic list of names could be donors who “funded the synagogue’s mosaics, or the artists who made them, asking that they be remembered for good.”
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The work wasn’t just inscriptions and dedications, but also elaborately decorated scenes from nature, in particular lions resting their forepaws on bulls’ heads, as well as predators pursuing their prey.
This was the eleventh and final session of excavations focusing on the southern end of the synagogue's main hall. The summer session also further uncovered sections of mosaic panels discovered in 2012 and 2013, illustrating episodes of the biblical story of Samson and the foxes, and another of Samson carrying the gate of Gaza on his shoulders, as well as sections featuring a Philistine horseman and a dead soldier.
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Archaeologists discovered that the synagogue was rebuilt and enlarged in the early 14th century AD, probably following the construction of a new road linking Cairo to Damascus, and spurred by Jewish pilgrimage to the nearby tomb of the biblical prophet Habakkuk. At the end of this session, the site will be handed over to the Israel Antiquities Authority and the Jewish National Fund for it to be opened to visitors.
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