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Kapernaumu
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Kapernaumu (pia Kafarnaumu, kwa Kiebrania [1]כְּפַר נַחוּם, Kfar Nahum, yaani "Kijiji cha Nahum") ilikuwa kijiji cha uvuvi upande wa kaskazini wa Ziwa Galilaya kilichoanzishwa wakati wa ufalme wa ukoo wa Wahasmonei (karne ya 2 KK).[2]
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Kilikuwa na wakazi 1,500 hivi[3] na masinagogi mawili. Nyumba iliyogeuzwa kuwa kanisa inasemekana ilikuwa ya Mtume Petro.
Kijiji kiliachwa mahame katika karne ya 11 BK.[4] This includes the re-establishment of the village during the Early Islamic period soon after the 749 earthquake.[4]