New Discoveries
To learn more about Hippos, scientists from Israel’s University of Haifa collaborated with professors from the Polish Academy of Sciences, the National Museum in Warsaw, and Concordia University in the United States starting in 2000. They made a host of interesting discoveries over the course of ten seasons.
New Discoveries
New Excavations
Most importantly, in 2005, the team started excavating a site in the city’s southwest, where it was thought that the remains of an ancient synagogue could be discovered. And, at first glance, the relics discovered at the site seemed to back up this hypothesis. However, archaeologists would eventually discover that they were looking at the ruins of another church.
Place Of Worship
New Excavations