Two Synagogues Found In Same Settlement For First Time

A 2,000-year-old Synagogue From the Second Temple Period Was Recently Uncovered at Migdal, on the Northwestern Edge of the Sea of Galilee.

This makes It the Second Such Synagogue Found in the Ancient Community, the University of Haifa said.

It Is the First Time That Two Synagogues Have Been Found Within the Same Settlement From the Period When the Jewish Temple Was Still Functioning in Jerusalem.

This Discovery Researchers Say Is Changing Their Understanding of Religious Life at the Time.