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Bethsaida, A City by the North Shore Of the Sea of Galilee The Capital of the Forgotten Biblical Kingdom of Geshur Bethsaida is located at the North-East of the Sea of Galilee It was identified by E. Robinson in 1838
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Bethsaida, A City by the North Shore Of the Sea of Galilee The Capital of the Forgotten Biblical Kingdom of Geshur
Bethsaida is located at the North-East of the Sea of Galilee • It was identified by E. Robinson in 1838 • Since 1987 it is being excavated and since 1991 by the Consortium for the Excavations of Bethsaida headed by the University of Nebraska at Omaha. • Its location, size (20 acres), and might suggests that it was the capital of the Kingdom of Geshur GESHUR BETHSAIDA
DAMASCUS TYRE BETHSAIDA SAMARIA RABBAT AMMON JERUSALEM Capital Cities in Southern Levant DIBON
DAMASCUS G E S H U R BETHSAIDA
Landslide Bethsaida JordanRiver Blocking
Road The City Gate The “Bit Hilani” Palace
Chamber4 To the name of The Moon God Symbol
THE DECORATED STELE AS WAS LEFT AT 732 B.C.E. BASIN NOTICE THESE STONES
Meanders and floral design become popular during the first centuries BCE and CE Bethsaida Jerusalem Meanders and floral designs were used as symbols of bounty during the age of Augustus. They became symbols of the Pax Romana.
Houses next to the city wall Bethsaida as Jesus saw it a lane The “Clinic” A lane Dining room (Triclinium) Remnants of a Private house Open courtyard Kitchen Wine cellar The “Wine Maker” House
Archaeological Terminology • Basket • Find