Still Waters Posted March 19, 2010 #1 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Israeli archaeologists have announced that ruins long thought to be of an ancient synagogue are actually the remains of a palace built by Arab caliphs 1,300 years ago.The site, on the banks of the Sea of Galilee, was identified as a synagogue in the 1950s because archaeologists found a carving of a menorah, a seven-armed candelabra that is a Jewish symbol.But scholars said in a report published this week that the identification was an error, and that the site was a winter palace used by the caliphs of the Umayyad dynasty, the same rulers who built Jerusalem's gold-capped Dome of the Rock. Early Arab historians had described the palace, calling it al-Sinnabra, but its location was previously unknown. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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