In search of Jewish heritage in Morocco’s southern oases
AKKA, Morocco: In the depths of Morocco’s Akka oasis, two archaeologists pore over the floor of a synagogue searching for the minutest of fragments testifying to the country’s ancient Jewish history.
They are from a team of six researchers from Morocco, Israel and France, part of a project to revive the North African country’s Jewish heritage after it was all but lost following the minority’s exodus.
![Archaeologists dig in the ruins of a synagogue in the Jewish neighbourhood, or mellah, in the village of Tagadirt in Morocco's oasis region of Tata on February 28, 2023. (AFP)](https://www.arabnews.com/sites/default/files/2023/03/19/3733471-2120223273.jpg)