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Capernaum

Also known as Kfar Nahum, Kfar Nachum

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)

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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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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
Ancient site.cultures: Jewish (Second Temple and Talmudic eras), Christian
Ancient site.excavations: 1838–present
Ancient site.archaeologists: Edward Robinson, Charles William Wilson, Heinrich Kohl, Carl Watzinger, Vendelin von Benden, Gaudenzio Orfali, Virgilio Corbo, Stanislao Loffreda, Vassilios Tzaferis
Ancient site.condition: Partially preserved
Ancient site.public_access: Yes
Ancient site.website: Capernaum – Custody of the Holy Land

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Area: 1728
Image: Kafarnaum BW 7.JPG

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Contents

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

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.