Capernaum
Sign in to saveCapernaum ( ; ; ) was a fishing village established during the time of the Hasmoneans, located on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee. It had a population of about 1,500 in the 1st century AD. Archaeological excavations have revealed two ancient synagogues built one over the other. A house turned into a church during the Byzantine period is held by Christian tradition to have been the home of Saint Peter. thumb|Capernaum's 4th-century synagogue (detail with columns and benches)
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Capernaum was a small fishing village of about 1,500 people on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee during the 1st century AD, where archaeological digs have uncovered two ancient synagogues built consecutively. The site is significant to Christian tradition as the reputed location of Saint Peter's house, which was later converted into a church during the Byzantine period.
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Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Capernaum
- Ancient site.native_name
- (Kǝfar Naḥūm)
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Kapharnaum, Kepharnōkón, Kafr Nāḥūm, Talḥūm
- Ancient site.image
- Sites of Christianity in the Galillee - Ruins of the ancient Great Synagogue at Capernaum (or Kfar Nahum) on the shore of the Lake of Galilee, Northern Israel.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- Ruins of the 4th-century Capernaum synagogue
- Ancient site.map_type
- Israel
- Ancient site.map_size
- 250
- Ancient site.location
- Plain of Ginosar, Sea of Galilee, Israel
- Ancient site.region
- Galilee
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.epochs
- Hasmonean, Roman, Byzantine, early Islamic periods
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16 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- New Testament
- History
- Archaeology
- Discovery and excavation
- General description
- Synagogue
- "House of Peter"
- 1st century
- 4th-century transformation
- Octagonal 5th-century church
- Memorial (1990)
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Capernaum ( ; ; ) was a fishing village established during the time of the Hasmoneans, located on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee. It had a population of about 1,500 in the 1st century AD. Archaeological excavations have revealed two ancient synagogues built one over the other. A house turned into a church during the Byzantine period is held by Christian tradition to have been the home of Saint Peter. thumb|Capernaum's 4th-century synagogue (detail with columns and benches)
The village was inhabited continuously from the 2nd century BC to the 11th century AD, when it was abandoned sometime before the First Crusade. This includes the re-establishment of the village northeast of the earlier location in , during the Early Islamic period.
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