Gaza synagogue
Section of the synagogue's mosaic floor on display at the Museum of the Good Samaritan | |
| Location | Rimal, Gaza City, Palestine |
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| Coordinates | 31°31′13.92″N 34°25′57.17″E / 31.5205333°N 34.4325472°E |
| Type | Ancient synagogue; archeological site |
| Part of | City of Maiumas, Palaestina Prima, Byzantine Empire |
| History | |
| Founded | 508–509 (date on mosaic) |
| Abandoned | First half of the 7th century (burnt) |
| Periods | Byzantine |
| Cultures | Hellenistic Judaism |
| Site notes | |
| Archaeologists | 'Abd el-Mohsen el-Khashab (1965), Asher Ovadiah (1967, 1976) |
| Condition | Ruins |
The Gaza synagogue was an ancient Jewish synagogue, now an archaeological site in the Rimal district of Gaza City, Palestine. Built in the early 6th century during the Byzantine period, it was destroyed by fire in the first half of the 7th century. It was located in the ancient port city of Gaza, then known as Maiumas. The archaeological remains of the former synagogue were discovered in 1965 during the Egyptian occupation of Gaza. The 6th-century mosaics that led to the identification of the building as a synagogue were removed and later displayed, first at the Israel Museum and then in the Museum of the Good Samaritan.