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This ancient mosaic offers extraordinary insights into the past

Mosaics uncovered on the floor of a fifth-century synagogue in Israel’s Galilee include a woman’s face and a dedication in Hebrew. The scene next to it may show the high priest of Jerusalem meeting with Alexander the Great.

2024-04-11    

On a hot day in June 2012, Bryan Bozung, a recent graduate of Brigham Young University, was carefully removing dirt from his excavation square when he scraped against something hard at floor level. He alerted Magness, and as she brushed away the remaining dirt, the two were stunned to see the face of a woman delicately traced in tesserae staring up at them. It was the first section of a mosaic to come to light.

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