New findings in the Late Roman synagogue of Huqoq

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The excavation exposed new sections of a series of panels discovered in 2012 and 2013, all dedicated to the story of Samson as read in the book of Judges.​

Archaeological excavations in the 1,600-year-old Late Roman synagogue of Huqoq (an ancient Jewish village in Israel’s Lower Galilee) are the gift that keeps on giving. As the 11th and final season of excavations in the site comes to an end, the team of specialists led by Professor Jodi Magness, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which had already uncovered a unique mosaic panel depicting Samson, have now found mosaics representing a dead Philistine horseman and soldier – motifs that belong to the same Samson cycle.

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New findings in the Late Roman synagogue of Huqoq

The excavation exposed new sections of a series of panels discovered in 2012 and 2013, all dedicated to the story of Samson as read in the book of Judges.

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