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November 20, 2018

Archaeologists Release Pictures of the Elaborate Artwork at a 5th-Century Synagogue

Jonah, the Tower of Babel, and Noah’s ark.

In 2012, an excavation at the ancient city of Ḥuqoq in northern Israel turned up a 1,600-year-old synagogue decorated with intricate mosaics depicting biblical and midrashic scenes. Archaeologists are still working to uncover the images, but photographs of some of their latest discoveries have been made public and can be found at the link below. James Rogers writes:

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