In 1846—before archaeology even existed as a field ... In 1968, a first-century home in Capernaum was identified as that of the apostle Peter. In 1990 an ossuary was found bearing the ...

Archaeology is largely silent on the matter ... One of his first stops was Capernaum, a fishing town on the northwest shore of a large freshwater lake called, confusingly, the Sea of Galilee.

Capernaum’s synagogue, the core civic space, was where fishermen might spread messianic ideas. Mr. Cirafesi makes a convincing archaeological case for a synagogue’s existence in Capernaum in t ...

During my recent trip to Israel, on a cold, windy and rainy day, I was blessed to visit the extraordinary archaeological site of Capernaum. A sign posted at the entrance to the site caught my ...

But alas, in 2009 British-Israeli archaeologist Yardenna Alexandre announced the first archaeological proof ... 1 Timothy 6:13). 3. Capernaum, Peter’s hometown (Luke 10:15) has long since ...

Archaeology is hard enough under normal conditions ... that time have been discovered by archaeologists: a house church in Capernaum, a house church in eastern Syria, and now this structure ...

It is through archaeology that we learn more about him ... tradition,” such as the excavation of St. Peter’s house at Capernaum that revealed it had become a pilgrimage site as early ...