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A mosaic found in Huqoq depicts Samson carrying the gates of Gaza on his shoulders (Einat Ambar-Armon/IAA)
July 9, 2026, 1:33 pm
New exhibit showcases ancient Jewish village on Sea of Galilee
Huqoq exhibition in Kibbutz Ginosar features finds from 1,600-year-old northern community that flourished under Byzantine rule
By Zev Stub
A hoard of bronze coins from the time of the Gallus Revolt (351-352 CE), the third Jewish revolt against the Romans, was discovered in a hiding complex lying beneath the ancient settlement of Huqoq in the Lower Galilee, in a discovery announced on September 18, 2025. (Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority)
September 18, 2025, 10:03 pm
Rare proof of Galilee’s forgotten 4th-century Jewish Revolt revealed in hidden coin hoard
22 bronze coins found secreted in Huqoq near the Sea of Galilee show Jews used subterranean hideaways during the little-known Gallus Revolt of 351 CE
By Rossella Tercatin
Dr. Jodi Magness from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as she excavates at Huqoq in the Galilee. Magness and her team began excavating the site in 2011 and concluded their fieldwork in 2023. (Jim Haberman)
March 15, 2025, 7:22 am
Could 1,600-year-old Galilee synagogue rewrite history of Jewish life under the Romans?
New radiocarbon dating at grand Huqoq sanctuary near Tiberias puts its construction after the empire embraced Christianity, suggests Jews in Holy Land still enjoyed ‘relative prosperity’
By Rossella Tercatin
During the 2018 season excavation at the Huqoq synagogue in North Israel, archaeologists uncovered a hoard of medieval coins and jewelry, including an architectural silver ring likely made between the 6th and 8th centuries in Western Europe. (Jim Haberman)
January 29, 2025, 10:32 am
Was an ancient European ring found in Israel used as a wedding band depicting the Temple?
Unearthed at Huqoq, the artifact may represent the missing link between 1,300-year-old Merovingian rings and popular medieval Jewish nuptial bands, new research shows
By Rossella Tercatin
During the 2018 season excavation at the Huqoq synagogue in north Israel, archaeologists uncovered a hoard of medieval coins. (Tal Rogovski)
January 22, 2025, 4:35 pm
Magnificent hoard of gold and silver coins sheds unprecedented light on medieval Israel
New research examines artifacts found in 2018 in two vessels next to the synagogue at Huqoq, in an excavation led by Prof. Jodi Magness; its findings could rewrite history books
By Rossella Tercatin
Entrance to a hiding complex at the Huqoq excavation site. (Emil Aladjem/ Israel Antiquities Authority)
March 18, 2024, 3:00 pm
Ancient Jewish revolt-era ‘safe rooms’ revealed in the Galilee
Community excavation of Huqoq village carried out with the aid of volunteers and schools; 2,000-year-old finds at site to open to the public March 29 and April 5
By Gavriel Fiske
During the 2023 season excavation at the Huqoq synagogue in North Israel, archaeologists uncovered part of the mosaic featuring a tiger chasing an ibex. (Jim Haberman/UNC)
July 13, 2023, 6:03 pm
In vivid color: 1,500-year-old Huqoq mosaic depicts Samson, animals hunting
12th and final season of excavations from 5th century house of worship reveals additional sections of mosaic in breathtaking detail
By Melanie Lidman
The Israelite commander Barak depicted in the Huqoq synagogue mosaic. (Jim Haberman)
July 5, 2022, 9:22 pm
Earliest depictions of biblical Deborah, Yael found at 5th-century Galilee synagogue
Mosaic uncovered by archeologists digging at the Huqoq site depicts Book of Judges story featuring the two heroines defeating the Canaanite commander Sisera
By ToI Staff
Detail of a mosaic depicting the biblical story of Elim, Exodus 15:27, discovered in 2019 during continuing excavations at a 1,600-year-old synagogue at Huqoq, led by UNC-Chapel Hill Prof. Jodi Magness(Jim Haberman. (Courtesy, UNC-Chapel Hill)
July 1, 2019, 9:28 pm
First artistic depiction of little known Exodus story uncovered in Galilee
Two biblical scenes recently uncovered at a fifth-century synagogue point to a preoccupation with the end of days, and perhaps a rebellious spirit
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
November 19, 2018, 4:21 pm
Newly revealed 5th century mosaics a kaleidoscope of Jewish and secular imagery
Archaeologist Jodi Magness started to excavate the Galilean village of Huqoq to put to rest a decades-old academic debate. Then she found mosaics and the site just keeps on giving
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
A mosaic found in the 2018 Huqoq excavation is labeled 'a pole between two' and depicts a biblical scene from Numbers 13:23. The images show two spies sent by Moses to explore Canaan carrying a pole with a cluster of grapes. (Jim Haberman)
July 9, 2018, 10:21 pm
Mind-blowing 1,600-year-old biblical mosaics paint new picture of Galilean life
With its rich and vivid finds, Byzantine-period synagogue at Huqoq busts scholars’ earlier notions of a drab Jewish settlement in decline
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
A fish swallows an Egyptian soldier in a mosaic scene depicting the splitting of the Red Sea from the Exodus story, from the 5th-century synagogue at Huqoq, in northern Israel, unveiled in 2017. (Jim Haberman/University of North Carolina Chapel Hill)
July 7, 2017, 5:22 pm
Earliest mosaic of Jonah and the whale found in Galilee synagogue
Artwork uncovered at Roman-era synagogue in Huqoq also shows building the Tower of Babel and a Greco-Roman calendar
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
A fish swallows an Egyptian soldier in a mosaic scene depicting the splitting of the Red Sea from the Exodus story, from the 5th-century synagogue at Huqoq, in northern Israel, unveiled in 2017. (Jim Haberman/University of North Carolina Chapel Hill)
July 8, 2016, 10:17 am
Noah’s Ark, splitting of Red Sea appear in newfound mosaic at ancient synagogue
Huqoq excavations in Galilee reveal more parts of ‘most extensive series of biblical stories’ from 5th century, archaeologist says
By Ilan Ben Zion
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