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Um el-Kanatir: Putting Humpty Dumpty Back Together Again

By Chaim Ben-David

Excavations at Um el-Kanatir are unique in that they are not destructive, but rather reconstructive. The almost complete remains of the ancient synagogue nestled into its picturesque setting are proving to be a high-tech puzzler’s dream.

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Footnotes

1.

Chaim Ben-David, “Golan Gem—The Ancient Synagogue of Deir Aziz,” BAR 33:06.

Endnotes

1.

Laurence Oliphant, Haifa, or Life in Modern Palestine (Edinburgh and London: W. Blackwood and Sons, 1887), pp. 262–265.

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We speculate that the initial collapse was caused by an unusually heavy snowstorm that collapsed the heavy roof tiles—and then the walls fell apart.