The Great Synagogue in Vilnius

The excavation of the Great Synagogue of Vilna showing the floor of the platform next to the pillar of the building.

The remains of the Ark of the Covenant and the platform of the Great Synagogue in Vilnius from the 18th century have been fully exposed

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The synagogue was destroyed during the Nazi rule in the Holocaust, but the Soviets are the ones who completed the demolition * The independent Lithuanian government in cooperation with Israel is restoring the building. The exhibits will likely be displayed in a permanent exhibition
A 200-year-old inscription in Hebrew that was discovered in the excavations of the Great Synagogue in Vilnius. Photo: Dr. Yochanan Zeligman, Antiquities Authority

A 200-year-old Hebrew inscription was discovered in the excavations of the Great Synagogue in Vilnius

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