Hurvat Amudim

Hurvat Amudim or Sde Amudim was an ancient village, now an archaeological site, in Israel, located south-east of the Beit Netofa Valley, on the eastern side of Highway 65 between Golani Interchange and Kadarim Junction.

The name derives from the columns that once supported the roof of the synagogue and that remained standing.

[1] G. Dalman suggested identifying the site with Kefar Uzziel,[2][3] mentioned in rabbinical sources and home to one of the 24 priestly families that settled in the Galilee from the 2nd century CE onward,[4] owing to the similar sounding name of the nearby Arab-village, Uzeir (believed to be a corruption of "Uzziel").

[5] In 2012, an archaeological excavation was conducted on the western side of the site by archaeologists Gilad Tsinmon and Leah Porat.

A second inscription reads, "Yo'ezer the hazan and Simeon his brother made this gate of the Lord of Heaven.

One of the columns at the site.