Excavating an inn mentioned in the Talmud

TALMUD WATCH MEETS ARCHAEOLOGY: Is this cheese kosher? Lower Galilee inn appearing in Talmudic stories excavated. Subheader: The inn served travelers between Tiberias and Sepphoris and was significant enough to be mentioned in the Talmud, where it appears in two distinct stories. (Jerusalem Post).

In Lavi Forest near Golani Junction in northern Israel, adjacent to the Sanhedrin Trail, an archaeological excavation is uncovering the remains of DeLavi Inn – an ancient way station that operated during the late Second Temple period, approximately 2,000 years ago, according to a post by the Israel Antiquities Authority.

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