Magdala

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ancient town archaeological site populated place in antiquity

Magdala is an ancient fishing town on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, traditionally known as the hometown of Mary Magdalene in Christian tradition.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Magdala canonical	12
Magdala (traditional identification)	1
Magdala Taricheae	1
Magdala archaeological site	1
Magdala excavation site (proposed)	1
Magdala, Israel	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient town ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ populated place in antiquity ⓘ
archaeologicalExcavationsBegan	21st century ⓘ
associatedWithReligion	Christianity ⓘ
associatedWithText	New Testament ⓘ
country	Israel ⓘ
excavatedBy	Dominican archaeologists ⓘ Israeli archaeologists ⓘ
flourishedInCentury	1st century BCE ⓘ 1st century CE ⓘ
governedDuringPeriod	Herodian rule ⓘ Roman rule in Judea ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Magadan ⓘ surface form: Magadan (possible identification) Migdal ⓘ Migdal Nunayya ⓘ Taricheae (possible identification in some scholarly views) ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalFeature	Magdala Stone ⓘ fishing-related facilities ⓘ harbor installations ⓘ market area ⓘ mikvaot (ritual baths) ⓘ residential quarter ⓘ synagogue ⓘ
hasNameEtymology	Aramaic word for "tower" or "fortress" ⓘ
hasNearbyModernLocality	Migdal ⓘ surface form: Migdal (modern Israeli town)
hasSignificance	important for study of early Christianity ⓘ important for study of early Judaism ⓘ
languageOfHistoricalInhabitants	Aramaic ⓘ Greek ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ
locatedIn	Galilee ⓘ Galilee ⓘ surface form: Lower Galilee
locatedInDistrict	Northern District, Israel ⓘ surface form: Northern District of Israel
locatedInRegion	historic Palestine ⓘ surface form: historical Palestine
locatedNear	Ginosar ⓘ Sea of Galilee ⓘ Tiberias ⓘ
locatedOn	Tiberias ⓘ surface form: western shore of the Sea of Galilee
mentionedIn	Christian tradition about Mary Magdalene ⓘ
partOf	historical region of Galilee ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity	fish processing ⓘ fishing ⓘ
religionOfHistoricalInhabitants	Judaism ⓘ
timePeriod	Second Temple period ⓘ
tourismType	archaeological tourism site ⓘ religious tourism site ⓘ
traditionalHometownOf	Mary Magdalene ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sea of Galilee → nearbyCity → Magdala ⓘ

Mary Magdalene → hasNameOrigin → Magdala ⓘ

Magda → meaningRelatedTo → Magdala ⓘ

Jesus’ Galilean ministry → hasRegion → Magdala ⓘ

tetrarchy of Herod Antipas → hasNotablePlace → Magdala ⓘ

Migdal → traditionalIdentification → Magdala ⓘ

Migdal → identifiedWithBiblicalSite → Magdala ⓘ

Migdal → hasAlternativeName → Magdala ⓘ

this entity surface form: Magdala (traditional identification)

Ginosar → locatedNear → Magdala ⓘ

Migdal Nunayya → traditionalIdentificationOf → Magdala ⓘ

Taricheae (possible identification in some scholarly views) → possibleIdentification → Magdala ⓘ

subject surface form: Taricheae

Taricheae (possible identification in some scholarly views) → possibleIdentification → Magdala ⓘ

subject surface form: Taricheae

this entity surface form: Magdala Taricheae

Taricheae (possible identification in some scholarly views) → disputedIdentification → Magdala ⓘ

subject surface form: Taricheae

Taricheae (possible identification in some scholarly views) → hasArchaeologicalCorrelation → Magdala ⓘ

subject surface form: Taricheae

this entity surface form: Magdala excavation site (proposed)

Magdala Stone → locatedIn → Magdala ⓘ

this entity surface form: Magdala archaeological site

Magdala Stone → excavatedAt → Magdala ⓘ

this entity surface form: Magdala, Israel