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Download Chapter 2: Architecture and Stratigraphy (51.6 MB)

Download Chapter 3: The Pottery (8.6 MB)

Download Chapter 4: Chalk Vessels and Stone Objects (1.5 MB)

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Download Chapter 8: The Faunal Remains (1.1 MB)

Download Appendix 8.1: Appendix 8.1: Bone Measurements of Cattle and Sheep/Goat (622 KB)

Download Appendix 8.2: Appendix 8.2: Weights of Identified and Unidentified Bones and the Number of Identified Bones According to Period, Excavation Area, Locus and Basket (560 KB)

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Download Chapter 10: Identification of the Early Roman Village of Karm er-Ras as Cana of Galilee (925 KB)

Download Appendix 1: Petrographic Examination of Selected Pottery Types from Karm er-Ras (2.5 MB)

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Description

This volume describes the results of multiple small-scale salvage excavations that took place at the site of Karm er-Ras in the Lower Galilee between 1999 and 2011. Archaeological remains of ten strata were revealed, dating from Iron Age II to the Byzantine period, including architecture, pottery, glass, coins and special finds. The archaeological data reveals the history of settlement of this site, and its changing ethnic and religious affinities over some 1500 years. Following detailed analysis of the archaeological data and the literary sources, the author argues for the identification of the Roman-period village at Karm er-Ras with ‘Cana of Galilee’, mentioned in the New Testament as the site where Jesus performed the miracle of changing water into wine.

EISBN

9789657838273

Publication Date

6-2025

Publisher

Israel Antiquities Authority

City

Jerusalem

Keywords

Northern Israel Kingdom, Jewish village, Galilean pottery, First Jewish Revolt, Cana of Galilee, Latin inscription

Disciplines

Historic Preservation and Conservation | History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology | Life Sciences | Religion | Social and Behavioral Sciences

Cana of Galilee, Excavations at Karm er-Ras 1999–2011

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