The remains of a Byzantine-period synagogue are on view at the Ein Gedi Antiquities National Park, adjacent to the Ein Gedi Nature Reserve and the Arugot River.
The remains of the synagogue, on view today, belong to the Severus synagogue, built between 337 and 286 B.C.E., the period when the Sanhedrin (assembly of 71 ordained scholars, which served as both as legislature and as supreme court) met in Tiberias.
The ancient synagogue of the village of Baram was constructed from large and particularly beautiful hewn stones. Baram National Park also contains the ruins of the Maronite village of Biram. I