Korazim

E796491

Korazim is an ancient village in the Galilee region of Israel, known from the New Testament as one of the towns condemned by Jesus and now preserved as an archaeological site.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Korazim canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient village ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
abandonedByCentury 11th century ⓘ
biblicalNameVariant Chorazim ⓘ
Chorazin ⓘ
buildingMaterial basalt stone ⓘ
condemnedBy Jesus ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
distanceFromTiberias about 11 kilometers north ⓘ
elevation approximately 350 meters above sea level ⓘ
excavationBegan early 20th century ⓘ
excavationResumed 1960s ⓘ
1980s ⓘ
floruit Byzantine period ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalPark Korazim National Park ⓘ
hasFeature Moses seat inscription ⓘ
ornamented synagogue carvings ⓘ
hasVisitorCenter true ⓘ
hebrewName כורזים ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage Aramaic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
languageOfName Hebrew ⓘ
locatedIn Galilee ⓘ
Northern District, Israel ⓘ
locatedNear Sea of Galilee ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Capernaum ⓘ
managedBy Israel Nature and Parks Authority ⓘ
mentionedIn Gospel of Luke ⓘ
Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ
nearModernLocality Khorazim (modern moshav) ⓘ
notableStructure ancient synagogue ⓘ
basalt-built houses ⓘ
olive presses ⓘ
ritual baths ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
partOf ancient Galilean Jewish settlement network ⓘ
region eastern Upper Galilee ⓘ
linked to: Upper Galilee
religiousSignificance site of one of the Galilean towns cursed by Jesus ⓘ
synagogueDate 4th century CE ⓘ
tourismActivity archaeological tourism ⓘ
biblical tourism ⓘ
typeOfSettlement Jewish village ⓘ
UNESCOStatus not a World Heritage Site ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Chorazin → alsoSpelled → Korazim ⓘ
Korazin → biblicalNameVariant → Korazim ⓘ