Editing Sea of Galilee (section)

==Archaeology==
[[File:PikiWiki Israel 41392 Settlements in Israel.JPG|thumb|left|Ancient Galilee boat at [[Kibbutz Ginosar]]]]

In 1986 the [[Sea of Galilee Boat|Ancient Galilee Boat]], also known as the Jesus Boat, was discovered on the northwest shore during a drought when water levels receded. It is an ancient fishing boat from the 1st century AD, and although there is no evidence directly linking the boat to Jesus and his disciples, it nevertheless is an example of the kind of boat that Jesus and his disciples, some of whom were fishermen, may have used.

During a routine sonar scan in 2003 (finding published in 2013),<ref>{{cite journal|last=Paz|first=Yitzhak|author2=Moshe, Reshef |author3=Ben-Avraham, Zvie |author-link3=Zvi Ben-Avraham |author4=Shmuel, Marco |author5=Tibor, Gideon |author6= Nadel, Dani |title=A Submerged Monumental Structure in the Sea of Galilee, Israel|journal=International Journal of Nautical Archaeology|date=2013|volume=42|issue=1|pages=189–193|doi=10.1111/1095-9270.12005|bibcode=2013IJNAr..42..189P |s2cid=162075355|issn = 1057-2414}}</ref> archaeologists discovered an enormous conical stone structure. The structure, which has a diameter of around {{convert|230|ft}}, is made of boulders and stones. The ruins are estimated to be between 2,000 and 12,000 years old and are about {{convert|10|m}} underwater.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/19/world/meast/israel-ancient-structure-mystery/index.html?iref=allsearch |title= Mysterious structure found at bottom of ancient lake |date= 19 April 2013 |publisher=CNN.com |access-date= 23 May 2013}}</ref> The estimated weight of the monument is over 60,000 tons. Researchers explain that the site resembles early burial sites in Europe and was likely built in the early [[Bronze Age]].

In February 2018, archaeologists discovered seven intact mosaics with [[Greek language|Greek]] inscriptions. One inscription, at five meters one of the longest found to date in western Galilee, gives the names of donors and the names and positions of church officials, including Irenaeus, bishop of [[See of Tyre|Tyre]] in 445. Another mosaic mentions a woman as a donor to the church's construction. This inscription is the first in the region to mention a female donor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.archaeology.org/issues/291-1803/trenches/6359-trenches-galilee-byzantine-mosaics|title=Gods of the Galilee – Archaeology Magazine|first=JARRETT A.|last=LOBELL|website=www.archaeology.org}}</ref>