Ancient synagogue from 500 BC between the two canyons of the Ein Gedi Nature Reserve. The entrance is INCLUDED in your ticket! By the way you can visit BOTH canyons on this ticket as well. The open air museum ruins and mosaic floor are covered by an open tent. Information and photos in the leaflet you get at the entrance. Right next to the door of the shop you find artifacts found like a well preserved menora 🕎 The superb mosaic floor is decorated with the 12 signs of the Zodiac and there are Aramaic (ancient Hebrew) inscriptions laid in. One of which calls down on curse on anyone who is quarrelsome, slanderous or larcenous ; ) Right next to the parking are the palm trees with the famous madjool ***** dates which you can buy in the supermarket of the Ein Gedi kibbutz!

Cost money to go. You can see that type of archeological stuff (and better) for free all over israel.

A very interesting archaeological site to visit. The mosaic floors are beautiful and well preserved. It's a site that is very easy to visit, even without a guide. The site is well planned with good signage and information available. Important to remember that your entrance to Ein Gedi National Park also includes this site. Save your receipt! There is also a new walking path from the entrance to the National Park to here. The path is wheelchair accessible as well.

A unique site offering a glance over an ancient Hebrew cult that lived in the Kumeran desert site. The site exhibits a half-reconstruction of the physical structure where the community spent its time together. The automatic guided tour (using a small speaker) is very recommended. In a cave in the mountains in front of the site, multiple scrolls were found during 1947 and have been supplying precious information about how this community used to live.

Shouldn't miss if you are in the area. You can visit see the musaic and remains of the ancient Ein Gedi village, with the magnificent dead see view. There is a lovely sitting area with comfy slings, and impressive replica of the ancient village. There is a nice little sovereigns and coffee store.

The synagogue is located on the north-east side of Tell Goren. It was first built in the 3rd C AD as a modest structure. The structure underwent a series of renovations during the 4th C and 5th C. It had two floors, with a staircase on its northwest wall. The Roman/Byzantine village was densely built, with houses connected to each other. The floor of the synagogue is covered by a beautiful mosaics. Most of the mosaic carpet is decorated with quad petal flowers. In the center is a circle with four birds. The circle is framed by two squares, with a pair of peacocks on each corner. Inscriptions in Hebrew and Aramaic list the donators who helped to construct and renovate the synagogue. The synagogue was destroyed by fire in the middle of the 6th century, during the period of Justin II. Thus came an end of 1,000 years of civilization in the Ein Gedi oasis, and remained in ruins since then.

Ein gedi is a must see. The mosaic floor at the ancient sungai is breathtaking and the park is gorgeous.

Interesting place, nice view, we showed tickets Form Wadi Arugot path, so it was for free for us.

Well worth a visit but to really appreciate this site I suggest you first read the information pamphlet that is distributed at the entrance

Actually I didn't visit the synagogue itself, but nearby you can have luck to see the ibex herds. They do like to feed in the groves nearby.

Small excavated village with the synagogue with a nice, well preserved mosaic.

Fairly well preserved religious mosaics from a time when the dead sea was far closer to this site than it is now. Beautiful place.

Ancient synagouge in the Ein Gedi oasis along the Dead Sea that was active until about the 4th century ....impressive mosiacs with a curse to those that would reveal thier trade secrets and slander.... The onsite garden is nice to relax in....bring some food and drinks....not allowed into the actual site, but on the picnic tables in the garden. I prayed the Jewish morning prayer there with my Tallit and Tefillin...facing north, towards Jerusalem...connecting to the past and continuing into the future

Beautiful and preserved. Like a little Pompeii near dead sea. Definitely recommend.

If you paid to go to the Nahal David Nature Reserve, then that includes entry to the synagogue. Directions to the synagogue are not clear from the nature reserve car park, albeit a short drive on the scenic road that is signposted. Only from curiosity of that, we found the synagogue. Minimal parking nearby. So peak tourist season may be difficult. The visit itself is an archaeological dig. It has a signposted route around the uncovered dwellings ending at the synagogue itself which is covered by a tent to protect and be able to enjoy and observe the detail of the synagogue floor which has been preserved immaculately considering the condition of the other dwellings.

One of the most underrated historical sites in Israel. Don't go there without a guide as the secret of the city must be explained to you ☺️