Arbel is notable for the ruins of an ancient synagogue , which stands amid the remnants of an ancient Jewish village on the western edge of the moshav . Archaeologists concluded that it was built in the fourth century CE , shows at least two construction phases , being rebuilt in the sixth century , and was probably used continuously until the eighth century , when a conflagration finally destroyed it - probably connected to the catastrophic 749 earthquake . The door of the synagogue , still standing , was carved from a massive natural outcropping of limestone , and the synagogue itself situated so as to make use of the stone as a handsome door . It is carved with decorative floral motifs and medallions . A carved groove for a mezuzah can be seen . Three sides of the building had carved stone benches . The two-storey building had three rows of columns with Corinthian capitals on the first floor and Ionic capitals on the second
749 earthquake
749 Galilee earthquake
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