Oldest Synagogues in The World - Worldwide

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  • Stobi the most famous archaeological site in the Republic of Macedonia.

An ancient Jewish synagogue has been discovered dating from the 4th or 3rd century BCE.

  • The oldest synagogue fragments are stone synagogue dedication inscriptions stones found in middle and lower Egypt and dating from the 3rd century BCE.
  • The oldest synagogue building yet uncovered by archaeologists is the Delos Synagogue, a possibly Samaritan synagogue that dates from at 150 to 128 BCE, or earlier, and is located on the island of Delos, Greece.
  • The excavated Jericho Synagogue may be the oldest, securely dated, mainstream Jewish synagogue in the world, although the identification of the remains as a synagogue is not certain. It was built between 70 and 50 BCE as part of a royal winter palace complex near Jericho.

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