2.07 Horvat Kenes — a Family basilica

Avshalom-Gorni Dina and Aviam Mordechai, “Horvat Kenes,” Excavations and Surveys in Israel 15 (1996): 25-27.
Avshalom-Gorni Dina and Aviam Mordechai, “Horvat Kenes,” Excavations and Surveys in Israel 15 (1996): 25-27.

Summary information

Characteristics

Classification

Syrian with some Roman trends in later phases (diakonikon on north and baptistry with added apse to the south)

Identification as a family foundation raises the questions of the place for a baptistry.

Later probes found no evident of surrounding buildings (no a monastery)
Porath, Lea. 2007, <i>Excavations and Surveys in Israel</i> [ejournal] 119.
http://www.hadashot-esi.org.il/Report_Detail_Eng.aspx?id=536&mag_id=112


The Archaeology of Liturgy Project reflects research conducted at the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem during the spring of 2023.