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 Discovery in Lithuania: archeologists find ruins of Great Synagogue
 

ByTIRAN GOLDSTEIN
August 18, 2017 14:07
Archeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority have found mikves, bathhouses, and other fascinating finds.
 

In 2015, a survey conducted using ground penetrating radar discovered ruins near a school in Vilnius, Lithuania.

The ruins were of the city’s Great Synagogue, and since their discovery they have provided substantial insights into the life the Jewish community before the Holocaust.

http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Discover-in-Lithuania-archeologists-find-ruins-of-Great-Synagogue-502804