Anim Synagogue

A 4th-7th century CE basilical synagogue at Horvat Anim (Khirbet Ghuwein al-Tahta) in the southern Hebron Hills, Israel. The rectangular hall measures approximately 14.5 by 8.5 metres, oriented toward Jerusalem, with hewn stone walls surviving to 3.5 metres. Excavated by Z. Ilan and Dan Urman in 1988-89, revealing preserved eastern lintels, mosaic pavement traces beneath a later stone floor, and inscription fragments. Later converted to a mosque in the early Islamic period. The site reflects the large Jewish village of Anaya during the Roman-Byzantine era.