Magdala ruins pullback to Sea of Galilee

Magdala was the home of Mary Magdalene and a large fishing community near Capernaum.  This video shows the relatively new findings at the location, and pulls back to the water. At that  point, Mt. Arbel is in the background. Jesus almost certainly visited Magdala, though the town isn’t specifically mentioned in the Gospels. Multiple summary statements in the Gospels speak  of Jesus teaching in synagogues “throughout Galilee” (Matthew 4:23). By boat, Magdala and  Capernaum were just five miles (8 km) apart. The town of Dalmanutha (Mark 8:10) is speculated  to have been very close to Magdala. During the first Jewish revolt, Magdala fought the Romans  and lost badly. About 30 years later, around the end of the first century, a mudslide from Arbel  buried the town and it was never rebuilt. By then, Tiberias had taken Magdala’s place as the  most important city on the western side of the Sea of Galilee. These ruins were first discovered in 2009. The town was large enough to support two synagogues while Jesus was engaged in  ministry.