Wadi Qelt Synagogue

Jericho Governorate, Palestine

The Wadi Qelt Synagogue is claimed to be a former ancient Jewish synagogue and archeological site, located in Wadi Qelt, outside Jericho, in the West Bank, in the State of Palestine. The site is part of the royal winter palace complex built by the Hasmoneans in the warm desert oasis of Jericho, west of the town. According to Ehud Netzer, the excavator and archaeologist of the ruins, the former building was identified as a Hasmonean-period synagogue; however, the claim of the ruins being a synagogue have been disputed. The ruins date from between 70 and 50 BCE, and if the former building did serve as a synagogue, it would be one of the oldest synagogues known.

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