August
22
/ 2022
Saint Peter, one of Jesus Christ’s 12 Apostles and the first pope of the Roman Catholic Church is a crucial figure whose name appears throughout Christian theology. His birthplace has been a long contested and awaited find, and with it the lost ancient city of Bethsaida (literally meaning, “home of the fishermen”). Now, archaeologists from Israel have found an ancient Greek inscription within a mosaic that was one part of this ancient lost city at modern-day El-Araj, located on the north shore of the Sea of Galilee. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"98619","attributes":{"alt":"The St. Peter’s inscription within a larger mosaic floor area found on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, famous for some of the “miracles” performed by Jesus. (Zachary Wong / Center for
