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Dr. Katia Cytryn-Silverman, an archaeologist with The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, poses for a portrait at the site of the Al-Juma (Friday) Mosque, in Tiberias, northern Israel, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
January 29, 2021, 4:32 pm
By Sea of Galilee, unprecedented excavation of mosque from Islam’s first decades
Tiberias mosque was built in 670 CE, soon after death of Prophet Mohammad; stood near synagogues and Byzantine church in ‘Golden Age’ of tolerance in newly Muslim-conquered city
By Ilan Ben Zion
Site of excavations that uncovered a 7th century mosque in the city of Tiberias. (Hebrew University)
January 24, 2021, 8:37 pm
One of the oldest mosques in the world uncovered in Tiberias
Foundations believed to date from 7th century found beneath another ancient mosque from the 8th century during the early Islamic period
By TOI staff
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