The latest scene-stealer? Moses' spies.

The mosaic scene, which depicts two men carrying a pole laden with grapes, was recently discovered during the ongoing investigations at Huqoq, the site of the synagogue excavation, according a release issued today by the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. An inscription in Hebrew above the men reads “a pole between two”—a reference to the biblical passage Numbers 13:23.

In the Book of Numbers, Moses sends scouts up into the land of Canaan following the Exodus from Egypt. The spies returned with tales of an abundant land of milk and honey—with bunches of grapes so large they required two men to carry. Most of the scouts, however, were uncertain that they could conquer