A seminar of three days has been devoted to the archaeological site of Magdala, where the Custody of the Holy Land started excavation work 40 years ago, in 1971, through the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum.
“Magdala in Context”, which runs June 6-8, first in Magdala and then in Jerusalem, will bring together specialists and archaeologists from Italy, Spain and Israel for a three-day seminar promoted by SBF, Magdala Project, Pontifical University of Salamanca and the Spanish Biblical and Archaeological Institute of Jerusalem. The theme is the contextualization of the archaeological discoveries made in the city of Galilee through a multidisciplinary approach.
Brother Stefano De Luca is director of the Magdala Project. He explains that collaboration with the Spanish University has, for example, the aim of “understanding the social context of the city of Magdala and the activity of Jesus in those places.”
The situation of the Excavations
To date, a vast portion of the urban fabric has been brought to the light with its buildings, its villas with their mosaics, the paved streets and a large square with porticoes. In 2008, thermal swimming pools were discovered with precious finds of ceramic crockery, jars for perfumes, jewelery and implements for make-up.
At present, the mission of the Magdala Project is to study the so-called “complex C”, with multi-disciplinary investigations under way to complete the study of important remains of the port that have been discovered since 2008.
For further information:
Conferenza "Nuovi scavi a Magdala" (italian)
www.MagdalaProject.org
“Magdala in Context”, which runs June 6-8, first in Magdala and then in Jerusalem, will bring together specialists and archaeologists from Italy, Spain and Israel for a three-day seminar promoted by SBF, Magdala Project, Pontifical University of Salamanca and the Spanish Biblical and Archaeological Institute of Jerusalem. The theme is the contextualization of the archaeological discoveries made in the city of Galilee through a multidisciplinary approach.
Brother Stefano De Luca is director of the Magdala Project. He explains that collaboration with the Spanish University has, for example, the aim of “understanding the social context of the city of Magdala and the activity of Jesus in those places.”
The situation of the Excavations
To date, a vast portion of the urban fabric has been brought to the light with its buildings, its villas with their mosaics, the paved streets and a large square with porticoes. In 2008, thermal swimming pools were discovered with precious finds of ceramic crockery, jars for perfumes, jewelery and implements for make-up.
At present, the mission of the Magdala Project is to study the so-called “complex C”, with multi-disciplinary investigations under way to complete the study of important remains of the port that have been discovered since 2008.
For further information:
Conferenza "Nuovi scavi a Magdala" (italian)
www.MagdalaProject.org