About 5 km north of Tiberias, along Route 90 and near the Arbel Cliffs, sits the ancient fishing town of Magdala. Known as the hometown of Mary Magdalene, Magdala (Migdal in Aramaic) is now the site of a rare historic find: a well-preserved first-century synagogue, one of only seven of that period found in Israel. By and large, Magdala nowadays...
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