Sunday, November 18, 2018

New images of Huqoq mosaics

DECORATIVE ART: Stunning biblical mosaics revealed in detail for the first time (James Rogers, Fox News).
For the first time, archaeologists have released detailed images of stunning biblical mosaics discovered at the site of an ancient synagogue site in Northern Israel.

The mosaics depict Noah’s Ark, the parting of the Red Sea, Jonah and the fish and the Tower of Babel, according to researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Portions of the mosaics have been revealed before, but this is the first time the artifacts have been shown in their full glory.

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Nice photos.

Background on the Huqoq synagogue mosaics is here and many links.

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