Some modern-day synagogue architects have relied upon synagogue architecture in ancient Palestine in an attempt to create an "identifiably Jewish style" of synagogue design. The Henry S. Frank Memorial Synagogue in Philadelphia was inspired by the remains of the synagogue at Kfar Bar'am. Before the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70 CE, synagogues served a different purpose that after that event. Several examples of such early synagogues from the time and territory of the Hasmonean and Herodian dynasties until 70 CE have been excavated in pre-1967 Israel, on the West Bank, and one on the Golan Heights. Some are recognised as synagogues by a larger part of the scientific community, while some are very controversial. They all share only a certain number of architectural characteristics with the better-accepted post-destruction synagogues. Here is a list of all the structures from the Land of Israel/Palestine region discovered as of July 2018 and interpreted by some as Second Temple Period synagogues. The list includes following data:  Location -- Built; in use till -- Discovered by -- Comments/reservations  On the Golan Heights:  In the Galilee:  In the Judaean hills and desert:  In the Shephelah (Judaean foothills):   The same sites listed in a tentatively chronological order according to the excavators' estimate of the time of construction. Very controversial: