huqoq mosaic

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Excavations at the site of Huqoq in northern Israel continue to amaze with the discovery of the earliest known depiction of Deborah the Judge. Uncovered […]

By: UNC-Chapel Hill, Office of University Communications

UNC-Chapel Hill’s Jodi Magness, together with a team of researchers and students, found at Huqoq the first ancient Jewish depiction of the Elim episode from the Book of Exodus

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Jodi Magness's excavations at Huqoq have exposed an elaborate Samson mosaic as well as new insights into the development of ancient synagogues.

By: BAS Staff

Season after season, archaeologists have uncovered stunning mosaics at Huqoq’s synagogue in Galilee.

By: Robin Ngo

The 2018 season of excavation at a Late Roman synagogue at Huqoq revealed more fascinating mosaics, including one referencing Numbers 13:23.

By: Nicola McCutcheon

The 2017 excavation season at Huqoq unearthed more stunning mosaics depicting Greco-Roman and Biblical scenes, including the story of Jonah and the whale and the construction of the Tower of Babel.

By: Robin Ngo

A stunning 1,500-year-old mosaic that might depict a meeting between Alexander the Great and the Jewish high priest has been revealed in full.

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

On Sunday, September 11, 2016, Professor Jodi Magness will deliver the lecture “Samson in Stone: New Discoveries in the Ancient Synagogue at Huqoq in Israel’s Galilee” in the Washington, D.C. area.

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

During the 2016 season at Huqoq, mosaics depicting two well-known Biblical stories were uncovered.

By: Robin Ngo

The Huqoq Excavation Project has uncovered more stunning mosaics during the 2015 excavations in a fifth-century C.E. synagogue in the Galilee.