The magnificent Samaritan village was discovered – the Bible Archaeological Society

A wonderful mosaic in the Samaritan village. Courtesy of Emal Aladdin, IAA.

In the northeast of Tel Aviv, in the village of Kafir Qasim, the excavation of salvation has been revealed, the remains of a wonderful Samaritan village, which is 1,600 years old or more. After the Samaritan rebellion against Christian rule in the fifth and sixth centuries, at least the fourth to seventh centuries, before giving way to a simple agricultural property, was initially wealthy and prosperous. On the contrary, it highlights historical and economic changes that have often affected the early Samaritan community.

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The exciting story of the Samaritan village was revealed in the excavation at the archaeological site of the modern Kafir Qasim, the Kufr Kafir. The work of the Israelites Authority (IAA) revealed the remains of a village, which continued from at least the fourth to the seventh century CE. “The size and glory of the excavation directors Ala Nagoruski and Daniel Lehi Gorswald said,” The size and glory of the buildings discovered, the quality of their mosaic floors and impressive agricultural installations point to the great wealth and prosperity of the local Samaritan community. “

During the excavation, the public macaque discovered. Courtesy of Emal Aladdin, IAA.

Inside one of the buildings, archaeologists revealed an excellent mosaic floor decorated with geometric samples and rich vegetables, which includes reflection of anthouses, grapes, dates, watermelons, artchets and asparagus. Near the entrance to the room, the mosaic consisted of a Greek shelly, which wanted the homeowner to fate. In other parts of the village, the team made a large warehouse, a wide olive oil press, and a public ritual bath (a public formal bath (Macawa,

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At the whole site, the team identified areas where agricultural installations were previously built on the mosaic floor, and the ornaments made of stone capitals and columns were added to the subsequent walls. According to researchers, the village’s large -scale agricultural nature was the aftermath of the site, the previous luxury space was replaced with more useful construction. This change is likely with the fifth and sixth centuries of Samaritan rebellions, when the region’s Samaritan population revolted against the Byzantine rule, which implemented numerous sanctions policies against non -Christian groups. But when other villages of the Samaritan were either abandoned or destroyed, the infidel continued life. “This is an interesting site, which shows the historical aspects between the days of prosperity and the fall of the Samaritan community,” said Nagoruski.

Aerial view of the excavation inside the Kafir Qasim village. Courtesy of Emal Aladdin, IAA.

Although the IAA excavation only revealed the fourth century and later buildings, historical sources suggest that the Kafir -e -Samaritan village was inhabited for at least the first century. Early Christian writer Justin Shaheed has suggested that a Samaritan, who founded one of the early Nostics movements, was born in the disbeliever. Maninder was a student of Simon Mags (or Simon the Wizard), which was recorded in 8: 9-24 because he was a collision with Rasool Peter.

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