Umm el-Kanatir or , in scientific literature , Umm el-Qanatir , also known as Ein Keshatot ( Umm al-Qanāṭir , lit . " Mother of the Arches " ) is an archaeological site on the Golan Heights , whose main phase is dated to the mid-5th - 8th centuries . Excavations have revealed a Roman-era settlement , first inhabited by pagans and later by Jews , who left behind the ruins of an exquisite synagogue when they abandoned the town after it being destroyed by the catastrophic 749 earthquake . The site is located 10 kilometers east of the Dead Sea Transform , one kilometer southwest of Natur
749 earthquake
749 Galilee earthquake
Umm el Kanatir