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Capernaum Synagogue: Underneath White Synagogue Are Foundations in Local Black Basalt Stone

Underneath White Synagogue Are Foundations in Local Black Basalt Stone

Underneath the "white synagogue" are foundations in local black basalt stone, which excavators believe to belong to the "Synagogue of Jesus" - the synagogue that was in operation when Jesus taught there in the 1st century.

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