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A mosaic inside the remains of a Samaritan synagogue, built some 1,500 years ago, which has reently been uncovered in the northern Israeli town of Beit Shean, in the Jordan Valley. The remians show the synagogue and a farmstead that operated in the Late Byzantine period and the mosaic reads, 'this is the temple.' EPA/ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY.

Archaeologists in Israel Find a 1,500 Year Old Samaritan Synagogue

1 posted on 09/20/2010 7:14:57 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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"It seems that the structures uncovered there were built at the end of the fifth century CE AD and they continued to exist until the eve of the Muslim conquest in 634 CE AD 634, when the Samaritans abandoned the complex. The synagogue that is currently being revealed played an important part in the lives of the farmers who inhabited the surrounding region, and it served as a center of the spiritual, religious and social life there. In the Byzantine period (fourth century CE AD),,,"

There, fixed it for you.

3 posted on 09/20/2010 7:26:59 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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