Industry in Capernaum producing basalt equipment such as grinders.
Notice the remains of equipment. Most cities would have one or two. Capernaum had an idustrial park of their remains. |
|
| More industry. Notice the cone shaped rollers made of basalt stone. |
|
| Carvings from the buildings and synagogue. The white stone is clearly from the synagogue when compare to the local basalt stone. |
|
| Many of these stone carved pieces came from the synagogue |
|
| Here a Jewish menorah (lampstand) can be seen |
|
| This is the door way into the synagogue. The base of this synagogue dates back to the days when Jesus would have preached here. |
|
| A decorative pilaster on the outside of the synagogue wall |
|
Pilasters on the inside of the synagogue.
Notice the white stone of the wall that stands on the darker basalt stone of the foundation and floor.
The dark basalt stone is from the synagogue that Jesus preached in.
The white stone synogogue is from the 400's AD. |
|
| Toni beside a synogogue pillar. |
|
These are the remains of homes and buildings in Capernaum.
Peter's residence was here in Capernaum. Jesus visited Peter's house but Jesus also had his own place in Capernaum. This city became the headquarters for Jesus' ministry.
|
|
Toni sits in the church that covers Peter's house.
2,000 years of building churches on top of Peter's house makes it difficult to see, let alone visualize, the way it was in 30 AD.
Toni is understandably clearly not impressed. |
|
| |
|
..Galyn's Israel Photos.
