1257. DETAIL OF THE MOSAIC FLOOR OF THE 4TH. C. GAZA SYNAGOGUE DEPICTING A PANTHER

1257. DETAIL OF THE MOSAIC FLOOR OF THE 4TH. C. GAZA SYNAGOGUE DEPICTING A LIONES AND HER CUB

1257. DETAIL OF THE MOSAIC FLOOR OF THE 4TH. C. GAZA SYNAGOGUE DEPICTING A ZEBRA

1263. MOSAIC FLOOR OF THE 6TH. C. BETH ALPHA SYNAGOGUE. THE CENTRAL PANEL DEPICTING THE ZODIAC WITH THE SEASONS OF THE YEAR IN EACH CORNER. PIC: AUTUMN

1263. MOSAIC FLOOR OF THE 6TH. C. BETH ALPHA SYNAGOGUE. THE CENTRAL PANEL DEPICTING THE ZODIAC WITH THE SEASONS OF THE YEAR IN EACH CORNER. PIC: WINTER

1264. MOSAIC FLOOR OF THE 4 -5TH C. SYNAGOGUE IN HAMAT TIBERIAS. TORAH ARK FLANKED BY TWO LARGE CANDELABRA IS ON THE TOP PANEL. A ZODIAC WITH THE SUN GOD HELIUS IS THE MIDLE IS THE CENTRAL PANEL

1264. HAMAT TIBERIAS SYNAGOGUE DATING FROM THE 4-5TH. C. THE MOSAIC FLOOR CONSISTS OF THE UPPER PANEL DEPICTING THE TORAH ARK FLANKED BY TWO CANDELABRA AND OTHER CEREMONIAL ARTIFACTS. THE ZODIAC IS THE CENTRAL PANEL, UNFORTUNATELY DAMAGED BY A WALL BUILT ON IT AT SOME LATER PERIOD.

1351. HAMAT TIBERIAS – THE 5TH. C. SYNAGOGUE MOSAIC FLOOR, LOWER RIGHT CORNER OF THE ZODIAC; THE “SEASON OF AUTUMN” (TEKUFAT TISHREI)

1353. TIBERIAS – 5 – 6TH. C. SYNAGOGUE MOSAIC FLOOR WITH JEWISH SYMBOLS (LULAV AND ETROG)UNCOVERED IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY WHEN DIGGING THE FOUNDATIONS FOR A HOTEL

1413. JERICHO, MOSAIC FLOOR OF THE 5TH. C. SYNAGOGUE DEPICTING THE 7 BRANCHED CANDELABRA (MENORAH) INSCRIBED ‘PEACE ON ISRAEL’ (SHALOM AL ISRAEL) WITH THE ARK ABOVE IT

1447. ASHKALON SYNAGOGUE, MARBLE PLATE ENGRAVED WITH A MENORAH’ AND FLORAL PATTERN ‘

1450. BETH SHEAN – MOSAIC FLOOR OF THE 5TH C. SYNAGOGUE DEPICTING THE MENORAH (CANDELABRA) , INSENCE SHOWEL AND RAM’S HORN FLANKING THE ARKI

1500. HAMATH TIBERIAS SYNAGOGUE, SEVEN BRANCHED MENORAH CARVED IN LIMESTONE FROM THE 5TH. C. SYNAGOGUE

1501. ESHTAMOA (NEAR HEBRON), STONE CARVED MENORAH FOUND IN THE 4 – 5TH. C. SYNAGOGUE

1503. HUSEYFA, REMAINS OF THE MOSAIC FLOOR OF THE 6TH. C. SYNAGOGUE INSCRIBED SHALOM AL ISRAEL; ‘PEACE ON ISRAEL ‘

1536. NABURRIAH SYNAGOGUE (N0RTHERN GALILEE) – STONE CARVED LINTEL FROM THE ENTRANCE DOOR TO THE 3RD. C. SYNAGOGUE

2122. EIN NASHUT, GOLAN. POSSIBLY THE BASE STONE OF A SYNAGOGUE ARK DECORATED WITH THE SCENE OF DANIEL AND THE LIONS

2146. KATZRIN, GOLAN, SYNAGOGUE DATING FROM THE 5-6TH. C. AD. GENERAL VIEW

2146. KATZRIN, GOLAN, SYNAGOGUE DATING FROM THE 5-6TH. C. AD. GENERAL VIEW

2146. KATZRIN, GOLAN, SYNAGOGUE DATING FROM THE 5-6TH. C. AD. GENERAL VIEW

2159. OSTIA SYNAGOGUE DATING FROM THE 4TH. C. AD. STONE CARVED MENORAH, SHOFAR AND LULAV, DECORATE COLUMNS POSTED AT BOTH SIDES OF THE ‘PLACE OF THE ARK’

2160. OSTIA SYNAGOGUE DATING FROM THE 4TH. C. AD. REMAINS OF THE TORAH SHRINE, THE ARK

2162. OSTIA SYNAGOGUE DATING FROM THE 4TH. C. AD. VIEW FROM THE MONUMENTAL ENTRANCE TOWARDS THE ARK

2267. ESHTAMOA SYNAGOGUE DATING FROM THE 5 – 6TH. C. A.D. LOCATED IN THE VILLAGE OF ESHTAMOA NEAR HEBRON. ONE OF THE MOSAIC INSCRIPTIONS

2267. ESHTAMOA SYNAGOGUE DATING FROM THE 5 – 6TH. C. A.D. LOCATED IN THE VILLAGE OF ESHTAMOA NEAR HEBRON. LINTEL OF THE MAIN GATE

2267. ESHTAMOA SYNAGOGUE DATING FROM THE 5 – 6TH. C. A.D. LOCATED IN THE VILLAGE OF ESHTAMOA NEAR HEBRON

2363. HAMAT TIBERIAS SYNAGOGUE MOSAIC FLOOR. DETAIL FROM THE ZODIAC PANEL DEPICTING THE SIGN OF AQUARIUS

2363. HAMAT TIBERIAS SYNAGOGUE MOSAIC FLOOR. DETAIL FROM THE ZODIAC PANEL DEPICTING THE SIGN OF VIRGO

2363. HAMAT TIBERIAS SYNAGOGUE MOSAIC FLOOR. DETAIL FROM THE ZODIAC PANEL DEPICTING THE SIGN OF ARIES

2501. INSCRIPTION ON THE MOSAIC FLOOR OF THE 5TH. C. TIBERIAS SYNAGOGUE, THE HEBREW TEXT TRANSLATED INTO GREEK, PRIZES THE DONOR WHO ENABLED THE BUILDING OF THE SYNAGOGUE

257. DETAIL OF THE MOSAIC FLOOR OF THE 6TH. C. AD. SYNAGOGUE IN BETH-ALPHA. THE BINDING OF ISAAC. ON THE RIGHT IS THE ALTAR. ABRAHAM IS READY TO SACRIFICE HIS SON ISAAC. IN UPPER CENTER OF THE PANEL A HAND (GOD’S) PORTRUDES INSCRIBED ‘LAY NOT…’ A RAM IS SHOWN IN THE THICKET. ABRAHAM’S TWO SERVANTS […]

2704. THE SYNAGOGUE AT MASADA BUILT AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST JEWISH REVOLT AGAINST THE ROMANS, C. 66 – 74 AD.

2704. THE SYNAGOGUE AT MASADA BUILT AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST JEWISH REVOLT AGAINST THE ROMANS, C. 66 – 74 AD.

2705. NAARAN – REMAINS OF THE 6TH. C. SYNAGOGUE LOCATED N/W OF JERICHO. THE MOSAIC FLOOR WAS DECORATED BY A ZODIAC WHICH WAS DESTROYED BY ICONOCLASTS IN A LATER PERIOD