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678 shares Ilan Ben Zion, a reporter at the Associated Press, is a former news editor at The Times of Israel. He holds a Masters degree in Diplomacy from Tel Aviv University and an Honors Bachelors degree from the University of Toronto in Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, Jewish Studies, and English. Dr. Katia Cytryn-Silverman, an archaeologist with The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, poses for a portrait at the site of the Al-Juma (Friday) Mosque, in Tiberias, northern Israel, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo) This 2014 aerial photo shows the site of the Al-Juma (Friday) Mosque in Tiberias, northern Israel. (NTEP/ David Silverman and Yuval Nadel via AP) ....
1 month old This article is more than 1 month old Archaeologists say foundations excavated in Tiberias are of a mosque built in about AD670 A 2014 aerial photo of the site of the mosque in Tiberias, northern Israel. Photograph: David Silverman and Yuval Nadel/AP A 2014 aerial photo of the site of the mosque in Tiberias, northern Israel. Photograph: David Silverman and Yuval Nadel/AP AssociatedPressinTiberias Thu 28 Jan 2021 12.56 EST Last modified on Thu 28 Jan 2021 13.24 EST Archaeologists in Israel say they have discovered the remnants of an early mosque believed to date to the earliest decades of Islam during an excavation in the northern city of Tiberias. ....
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Ilan Ben Zion This 2013 aerial photo shows the site of the Al-Juma (Friday) Mosque in Tiberias, northern Israel. Archaeologists said recent excavations at the ancient city of Tiberias have discovered the remnants of one of the earliest mosques in the Islamic world. The foundations of the Muslim house of worship date to the late 7th century. (NTEP/ David Silverman and Yuval Nadel via AP) January 28, 2021 - 6:00 PM TIBERIAS, Israel - Archaeologists in Israel say they have discovered the remnants of an early mosque â believed to date to the earliest decades of Islam â during an excavation in the northern city of Tiberias. ....
The discovery of such an old building offers a rare opportunity to examine the original foundations. Archaeologist Katia Cytryn-Silverman of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. (Hebrew University) Cytryn-Silverman estimated the mosque was 22 by 49 meters in size, with a courtyard, making it smaller than the slightly more recent mosque discovered on top of it, which is 78 by 90 meters and dates from a hundred years later, between 720 CE and 740 CE. A clue to when the older mosque was built came from earth used as filling in the foundation, which was brought in from elsewhere. By consulting with an archaeologist in Yemen, Cytryn-Silverman was further convinced that “the construction technology used at the ancient mosque, a simple and pragmatic style uncharacteristic of the region, apparently first came to Israel at the start of the Arab conquest in the seventh century.” ....