JERUSALEM:  Israeli archaeologists have unearthed a 2,000-year-old synagogue on the shores of the Sea of Galilee in north-eastern Israel, according to the University of Haifa (UH).

According to the University of Haifa, a Jewish house of prayer was discovered in the ancient city of Magdala, shedding insight on the social and religious lives of Jews in the Galilee region at the time. According to the report, the unearthed synagogue is a broad, square-shaped edifice made of basalt and limestone with a central hall and two supplementary rooms.

The central hall's walls are plastered with white and colored plaster, and a stone bench, which is also plastered, runs along them. On the south side of the hall, one of the rooms may have been used to store scrolls. The archaeologists found a plaster-coated stone shelf inside the room.Researchers discovered clay candles, molded glass bowls, coins, and purification stoneware at the site.

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