Along the lakefront of Tiberias, archaeologists have uncovered remains of a 12th-century Crusader fortress, including a well-preserved gateway, part of the northern fortification wall, a moat once filled with lake water and architectural elements with Jewish-themed carvings indicating that earlier they may have been part of a synagogue from the Mishnah and Talmudic periods (second to sixth centuries A.D.). Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologist Yosef Stepansky led the excavation last spring and summer. According to Stepansky, the most impressive find was an 11-foot-wide and 23-foot-long section of what he believes to be the northern fortification wall of the fortress, complete […]