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Detail from a 4th-century Greek inscription found in a Romaniote Jewish synagogue on the island of Aegina. (Courtesy Friends of the Mosaic Floor of the Aegina Synagogue Project)
August 28, 2019, 6:12 am
Campaigners bid to save rare 1,700-year-old Greek island synagogue mosaic
150,000 euros sought to preserve vivid geometric floor mosaic from what is arguably the oldest Jewish prayer house in Greece
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
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
Taking a walk on a camel's back in the Judean Desert adjacent to Arad. (Courtesy Kfar Hanokdim)
April 27, 2019, 6:39 am
36 hours in Arad, at the edge of the Judean and Negev deserts
Take a break in this activity-filled southern town, where desert life and civilization meet up perfectly
By Jessica Steinberg
The site of an excavation at the Korazim National Park where a winepress and mosaic have been unearthed, March 2019. (Ahiya Cohen-Tavor/Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
March 19, 2019, 1:31 pm
Talmud-era winepress, mosaic unearthed in Jewish village condemned by Jesus
Archaeologists ‘very excited’ over discovery in Korazim in northern Israel, mentioned in Talmud, New Testament and known for its wheat production
By Michael Bachner
Mosaic depicting Jonah being swallowed by a fish, Huqoq synagogue. (Jim Haberman)
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
The newly exposed section of the Lod mosaic. (Niki Davidov, IAA)
July 29, 2018, 9:16 am
While building museum to house stunning Lod mosaic, researchers unearth another
Fresh piece falls into place to the 1,700-year-old puzzle of who was the wealthy — maybe Jewish — owner of a sumptuous Roman villa discovered 20 years ago under a garbage dump
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 rare Roman mosaic from the 2nd–3rd centuries CE, bearing an inscription in ancient Greek, uncovered in Caesarea during conservation work by the Israel Antiquities Authority. (Assaf Peretz, Israel Antiquities Authority)
February 8, 2018, 12:39 pm
Rare Greek inscription and colorful 1,800-year-old mosaic uncovered at Caesarea
Discovered during excavations under a commercial structure from the Byzantine period, the finding is hailed for its exceptionally high quality
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
The famous Lod mosaic will soon have a permanent home upon the completion of the Shelby White and Leon Levy Lod Mosaic Archaeological Center. (Niki Davidov, Israel Antiquities Authority)
October 19, 2017, 2:53 pm
Breathtaking 1,700-year-old Lod mosaic to finally have a floor to call home
Decades after its discovery, country’s ‘finest’ tile art will be displayed to the public at the central Israeli city’s Mosaic Archaeological Center – when it’s completed in 2019
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
An archaeologist works on part of a 1,500-year-old mosaic floor bearing the names of Byzantine Emperor Justinian, at the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem, on August 23, 2017 (AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI)
August 23, 2017, 11:18 am
Outside Jerusalem’s Old City, a once-in-a-lifetime find of ancient Greek inscription
During a salvage excavation ahead of telephone cable infrastructure placement, archaeologists uncover a rare intact 1,500-year-old mosaic from the dawn of the Christian empire
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. (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
June 1967: Israeli Centurion tank corps prepare for battle during the Six-Day War. (Three Lions/Getty Images via JTA)
June 6, 2017, 12:26 am
6 things you didn’t know about the Six Day War
50 years later, small anomalies that, if not forgotten, have faded into the recesses of memory
By Ron Kampeas
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. (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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