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The Migdal Synagogue or Magdala Synagogue is an ancient former Jewish synagogue, discovered at the ancient city of Magdala, close to the shore of the Sea of Galilee, in northeastern Israel. It is one of two ancient former synagogues that were in use in the Second Temple period , which places them among the oldest synagogues found in Israel .
In December 2021, a second synagogue dating to the Second Temple period was unearthed at Magdala. [ 4 ] [ 1 ] It is the first time two synagogues from this period have been found in a single site. The second synagogue found was not as ornate as the first, and probably served the city's industrial zone.
The Magdala stone is a carved stone block unearthed by archaeologists in the Migdal Synagogue in Israel, dating to before the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in the year 70. It is notable for detailed carvings depicting the Second Temple , carvings made while that Temple still stood and therefore assumed to have been made by an ...
Katzrin ancient village and synagogue: Laura of Euthymius: Tel Lachish [102] Legio: Lod: Lyyda Lod Mosaic: Lotz Cisterns: Borot Loz Magdala: Migdal Migdal Synagogue, Magdala stone: Maon Synagogue: Maoz Haim Synagogue: Mampsis: Mamshit, Memphis Mamre: Ramat el-Khalil Manot Cave: Maresha [60]
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'Tower') is a town in the Northern District of Israel. It was founded in 1948, and granted local council status in 1949. [2] In 2022 it had a population of 2,031. Migdal is located near Ginosar, and about 8 km north of Tiberias. [3] It has a shoreline on the Sea of Galilee, including the Tamar, Ilanot and Arbel beaches.
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Stone with menorah that was found in the archaeological site Magdala. In 2009, the ruins of a synagogue in Magdala with pottery dating from before the destruction of the Second Temple were discovered under land owned by the Legionaries of Christ, who had intended to construct a center for women's studies. [14]