Students on northern Israel field trip stumble onto 1,500-year-old lioness carving | The Times of Israel

A group of students taking a class on the history of early Jewish villages in northern Israel became part of the story they were studying last week after stumbling across a 1,500-year-old carved lioness sculpture that likely adorned an ancient synagogue.Prof. Mordechai Aviam of the Kinneret Academic College on the Sea of Galilee was leading 23 masters students on a three-day practicum called “The Jewish Village in the Golan and Galilee in Antiquity” on March 1 when they discovered the carving.

Source: Students on northern Israel field trip stumble onto 1,500-year-old lioness carving | The Times of Israel