Roman Temple Uncovered In Ancient Jewish Capital Of Galilee

[Melvadius]

Ruins of a Roman temple from the second century CE have recently been unearthed in the Zippori National Park. Above the temple are foundations of a church from the Byzantine period.

 

The excavations, which were undertaken by the Noam Shudofsky Zippori Expedition led by of Prof. Zeev Weiss of the Institute of Archaeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, shed light on the multi-cultural society of ancient Zippori (also known as Sepphoris).

 

The discovery indicated that Zippori, the Jewish capital of the Galilee during the Roman period, had a significant pagan population which built a temple in the heart of the city center. The central location of the temple which is positioned within a walled courtyard and its architectural relation to the surrounding buildings enhance our knowledge regarding the planning of Zippori in the Roman era.

 

Full article at:

 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/...80811072503.htm

[Ingsoc]

The article neglected to mention that a few years before the start of the Bar-Kochba revolt Hadrianus transfer some Jewish cities in the Galilee from the rule of the local Jewish oligarchy to that of the pagan minority, base of that fact and the coins depicting the temple, it's seem that the temple was probably built between that period to that of Antoninus Pius.

[Melvadius]

The article neglected to mention that a few years before the start of the Bar-Kochba revolt Hadrianus transfer some Jewish cities in the Galilee from the rule of the local Jewish oligarchy to that of the pagan minority, base of that fact and the coins depicting the temple, it's seem that the temple was probably built between that period to that of Antoninus Pius.

 

Unfortunately this could be another case where modern politics and/or religious beliefs, even if unconciously rather than deliberately, having an influence on what or rather how things are reported.