Archaeologists are reveling in the discovery of an ancient synagogue in northern Israel, a "monumental" structure with a mosaic floor depicting the biblical figure of Samson and a Hebrew inscription.
The synagogue - dating to the fourth and fifth centuries in both the Talmudic and late Roman periods - is in Huqoq, an ancient Jewish village in the country's Galilee region, the Israeli Antiquities Authority said.
Jodi Magness, a professor of early Judaism in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said the building was found in a recent excavation.
She called the find "exciting" and described the "very high quality of the artwork" in the mosaic, crafted with "tiny colored stone cubes." Only a few late Roman period synagogues contained mosaics with biblical scenes, she said.
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*Facepalm*™
@ little mister:
And they bore a mosaic of Samson?
That's all right: some of us here store plutonium in the basement.
Yes, but who's boxers WERE they little mister? Cuz if they weren't yours, it'd just be gross.
I 1ce found a "fossilized" applecore under my couch! Could it be "the" forbidden fruit!? I hope so, I'm trying to sell it, because if you look at it for a while it also resembles a manger! It's definitely an apple w/Christian connotations!!
Lol@fernace!
Hope your 4th is going swimmingly...!
NUCLEAR NATIONS
"I'll take Israel for 100, Alex"
BIBLE HISTORY
"I'll take Fruit for 200, Alex." (since apple is what ignorant say)
MIDDLE EAST
SAMSON for 300
clue: She was able to Eve on Samson.
(remember to phrase your response in the form of a question. example: Who was Elenor Roosevelt? Also, who be Monica Lewinsky?)
FINAL GEOPARTY question:
In what year did the Prescott Bush Family Dynasty come to own a major stake in Kuwait's oil. (video of angry Iraqis setting Bushco oilwells ablaze days before War on Iraq was declared by all of Cogress... shown as part of clue)
Judeah. Oops. I mean, Judeah? Err, Judah? Wait! I got it. What was the 12 tribe Kingdom of Israel called?
We are looking for a year, not ignorance of history. 30 seconds remaining.
lol...you rrr a fool..,
JIF:
Just a spent rod....
DonnaIQ, Alex, or whatever:
May I ask what you are talking about?
I have done nothing to you.
Poor Alex Trebek.
He just had a heart attack.
I had something to say, then my adobo boiled over, and I had to clean it up. Then I came back to the empty comment box, and I had nothing.
Wait, I remember. Happy Birthday America. You've been a swell neighbour over the years. Lawn is always nicely mowed. You always make sure to take the trash out on the right day.