Archaeologists have uncovered a stunning 1,600-year old Biblical mosaic in northern Israel.
The mosaic depicted a scene from the book of Exodus that was found at the site of a fifth-century synagogue in Huqoq.
Excavation Director and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Professor Jodi Magness said the mosaic was the first depiction of the episode of Elim from Exodus 15:27 ever found in ancient Jewish art. “Elim is where the Israelites camped after leaving Egypt and wandering in the wilderness without water,” she explained, in a statement, noting that the mosaic is separated into three registers or horizontal strips.
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