The researchers said the house of worship was likely in use from at least the early 1st century A.D.—about 2,000 years ago. The earliest evidence of synagogues dates to the 3rd century B.C ...

The archaeological team thinks that the synagogue was built in the first century B.C. perhaps more than 100 years before the destruction of Jerusalem's Second Temple.

A third-century synagogue was first unearthed in 1905. It was crafted from basalt stones and features Jewish motifs, but it was built in the third century C.E., more than 200 years after Jesus ...