Tiberias-Hammat - Synagogue

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Synagogue Description

Immediately south of the spa treatment center in Tiberias-Hammat is the entrance to an excavation site whose main attraction is a synagogue with a well preserved mosaic pavement. The archeological park is entered through a small museum containing exhibits of folk and religious interest.

There was a synagogue on this site in the third or fourth century, and in the sixth or seventh century a new synagogue was built over its remains, on a higher level. Both synagogues were three-aisled. On the south side of the earlier one is a square recess for the Torah shrine; the later one has a semicircular apse.

Of particular importance is the completely preserved mosaic pavement of the older synagogue, which is unusual in

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Hobbies & Activities category: Archeological exhibit, museum; Folk art exhibit; Jewish site or artifact collection