Important Synagogue Find
INN is reporting that archaeologists have discovered a synagogue dating from the late second temple period in Migdal/Magdala, north of Tiberias. See this press release and these posts. Below are some pictures from the Antiquities Authority.
The article quotes Dina Avshalom-Gorni saying that this is the first time that a menorah decoration has been found from the time of the second temple and only the sixth synagogue from that time period. She also said that the artist who carved the menorah may have actually seen the menorah in the temple. There have been previous excavations at Migdal, see here and here, and I wonder how this recent find relates to the earlier ones. Also, there is no consensus regarding the dating of many synagogues from antiquity, see here, so I wonder how they are so sure of the dating of this one.