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Beginning in the latter half of the 1st century AD, this house displayed markedly different characteristics than the other excavated houses. The rough walls of the main room were reworked with care and plastered. Furthermore, almost no domestic ceramics are recovered, but lamps and large storage jars
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Christian community. This suggestion has been critiqued by several scholars, however. In particular, where excavators had claimed to find graffiti including the name of Peter, others have found very little legible writing. Others have questioned whether the space is actually
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One compound, slightly larger than most, consisted of a few small rooms clustered around two open courtyards, one to the north and the other to the south. One large and roughly square room in particular, near the east side and joining both courtyards, had walls about 7.5 metres (25 ft) long. An
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period, when several fishing villages sprung up around the lake. The site had no defensive wall and extended along the northwestern shore of the lake. The cemetery zone is found 200 meters (660 ft) north of the synagogue, which places it beyond the inhabited area of the town. The historic site
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A study of the district located between the synagogue and the octagonal church showed that several extended families clustered together, communally using the same courtyards and doorless internal passages. The houses had no hygienic facilities or drainage; the rooms were narrow. Most objects found
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was constructed in the middle of the east wall. From this wall ascended two stairs on either side of the baptistery, and the excess water from the rite would have escaped along this path. The
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The "memorial" is a modern church built above the excavated remains of the ancient house and the
Byzantine octagonal church, dedicated in 1990. The disk-shaped structure stands on eight concrete stilts, ensuring visibility to the venerated ancient building, both directly, at ground level (which
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The most extensive part of the typical house was the courtyard, where there was a circular furnace made of refractory earth, as well as grain mills and a set of stone stairs that led to the roof. The floors of the houses were cobbled. Around the open courtyard, modest cells were arranged which
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remained in use after the transformation, the one particular room that had before been treated differently was profoundly altered and expanded. A central archway was added to support a roof, and the north wall was strengthened with mortar. Pavement was installed, and the walls and floor were
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In the portico, the pattern of the mosaic is geometric, with four rows of contiguous circles and small crosses. In the zone of the external octagon, the mosaics represented plants and animals in a style similar to that found in the
Basilica of the Feeding of the Five Thousand in nearby
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In 1926, Orfali began restoration of the synagogue. The work was interrupted by his death in a car accident in 1926 (which is commemorated by a Latin inscription carved onto one of the synagogue's columns), and was continued by
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or "holy insula", which was found to have a complex history. Located between the synagogue and the lake shore, it was found near the front of a labyrinth of houses from many different periods. Three principal layers have been identified:
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received light through a series of openings or low windows. Given the coarse construction of the walls, there was rarely a second story to a typical home, and the roof would have been constructed of light wooden beams and
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abound. This suggests that the house was no longer used as a residence but a communal gathering place. One explanation suggested for this treatment is that the room was venerated as a religious gathering place, a
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Saint Peter's house with the aim of preserving its exact location, although none of the original house was visible any longer, as the walls had been torn down and the floor covered in mosaics.
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a room; the paved floor, the large space without supports, and the presence of a cooking space have prompted some to note that these are more consistent with yet another courtyard.
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and a small room at the northwest of the building. The praying hall measured 24.4 by 18.65 m (80.1 by 61.2 ft), with the southern face looking toward
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The House of Peter: The Home of Jesus in Capernaum?",
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1847:Photos of Capernaum
1837:Images of Capernaum
1780:Tzaferis, Vassilios
1599:Bible History Daily
1160:Freedman, DN 2000,
844:General description
703:Bar Kokhba's revolt
677:Sea of Galilee Boat
561:. Afterward, Jesus
127: /
83:Shown within Israel
57:Capernaum synagogue
37:
1900:Jerusalem District
1495:on 23 October 2012
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818:Vassilios Tzaferis
807:Stanislao Loffreda
795:Franciscan Fathers
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136:32.88111; 35.57500
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2531:Caesarea Philippi
2526:Caesarea Maritima
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2210:Southern District
2182:Tel Aviv District
1938:Northern District
1928:Judaean Mountains
1674:Studia Theologica
1299:. Merriam-Webster
1142:. Merriam-Webster
1108:Tourism in Israel
942:and the other in
734:, two miles from
620:) assume that in
559:Gospel of Matthew
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2546:Road to Damascus
2500:Jerusalem Temple
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2132:Alexander stream
2124:Central District
2076:Yehi'am Fortress
1971:Belvoir Fortress
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626:Synoptic Gospels
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2505:Mount of Olives
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