[Israel Antiquities Authority/Scoop-NZ] In excavations carried out by the Israel Antiquities Authority in Tiberias impressive and unique finds were uncovered in the last three months that shed light on the history of the ancient city. A Byzantine church (from the fourth-fifth centuries CE) was exposed that is paved with magnificent polychrome mosaics decorated with geometric patterns and crosses. Three dedicatory inscriptions written in ancient Greek are incorporated in the mosaics. In addition, the remains of a Jewish neighborhood that dates to the tenth-eleventh centuries were discovered in the excavations.
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