The Galilee boat
The kind of boat the Gospels put Jesus and the disciples in has been found, dated, and can be walked around.
Confirmado por el terrenoObjeto1st century BC – 1st century AD
A fishing boat eight metres long, built of twelve kinds of wood and much repaired, found in the mud when the lake dropped. Radiocarbon and construction date it to the first century. It carried a crew of five and could hold about fifteen people.
And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.
- Hallado
- Lake bed of the Sea of Galilee, near Kibbutz Ginosar, Israel, 1986 — Exposed by drought; excavated by Shelley Wachsmann and colleagues
- Se conserva en
- Yigal Allon Museum, Ginosar, Israel
- Cómo llegó hasta nosotros
- Excavado, o todavía en pie donde se construyó.
Qué muestra
It is a boat of the right lake and the right century. There is no connection to any individual, and none is claimed.
Cómo lo usan los historiadores
A significant find in ancient shipbuilding, studied for its hull construction and repairs.
En la Escritura
Se relaciona con
Fuentes
- Wachsmann, The Sea of Galilee Boat (1995)
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