Saturday, July 9, 2011

Khirbet Wadi Hamam (Veradim)-Located adjacent to the village of Hamam and on the steep slope of Nitai Hills, these are one of the largest (12 acres) villages in Galilee from the Roman period (2nd cent. AD onwards). I have marked the area in 1P with a red circle.



Four excavation seasons have been carried out at the site till date (2007 to 2011). The major findings include

1) A 14.5 meters wide Synagogue from late 3rd or early 4th century AD
2) Massive Residential Complexes and an Oil Press from at least 2nd century AD
3) Weapons and a hoard of coins from the days of Hadrian Caesar (2nd century AD)
4) Beautiful mosaic fragments depicting scenes that have no parallels neither in other synagogues, nor in Roman-Byzantine art in Israel at all.

More details and pictures can be fetched from the official Hebrew University site below:

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