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Magdala lies on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, the home town of Mary Magdalene.
Excavations begun in 2009 uncovered a synagogue from the first century, one of the oldest ever found, which Jesus may well have entered, along with a marketplace, ritual baths and the carved stone now called the Magdala Stone.
Beside the ruins stands a modern church, Duc in Altum, built to honour the women of the Gospels.
Magdala is one of the few places where you can stand in a synagogue that Jesus could have taught in, its stones untouched since his day.
It honours Mary Magdalene, the first witness of the resurrection, and all the women who followed and supported the Lord. Pilgrims come to a site that lay hidden under the soil until our own time, a fresh window onto the Galilee of the Gospels.
Who was from Magdala? Mary Magdalene.
What was found there? A first century synagogue and the carved Magdala Stone.
Where is it? On the western shore of the Sea of Galilee.
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