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and six miles short of Bethsaida along the same route.

The town was abandoned in the 11th century. The Greek Orthodox Monastery of the Holy Apostles and its church were built there in 1931.

Archaeology

Discovery and excavation

In 1838, American explorer Edward Robinson discovered ruins which he identified as those of a synagogue, but he did not relate this to ancient Capernaum. In 1866, Charles William Wilson

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