Magdala
Ancient city · Israel
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 32.839, 35.508
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: ancient city, biblical location
History
Magdala was an ancient Jewish city on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, 5 km north of Tiberias. In the Babylonian Talmud it is known as Magdala Nunayya, and which some historical geographers think may refer to Tarichaea. It is believed to be the birthplace of Mary Magdalene. Until the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the Palestinian village of al-Majdal stood at the site of ancient Magdala. The Israeli municipality of Migdal now extends into the area.