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 pelo 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.
- Encontrado
- Lake bed of the Sea of Galilee, near Kibbutz Ginosar, Israel, 1986 — Exposed by drought; excavated by Shelley Wachsmann and colleagues
- Conservado em
- Yigal Allon Museum, Ginosar, Israel
- Como chegou até nós
- Escavado, ou ainda de pé onde foi construído.
O que mostra
It is a boat of the right lake and the right century. There is no connection to any individual, and none is claimed.
Como os historiadores o usam
A significant find in ancient shipbuilding, studied for its hull construction and repairs.
Na Escritura
Ligado a
Fontes
- Wachsmann, The Sea of Galilee Boat (1995)
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