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Season Reports

Access to available Season Reports and Press Realeases

Season 1-(2016)

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Season 3-(2018)

New Discoveries Strengthen Identification of Biblical Bethsaida

The Center for the Study of Ancient Judaism and Christian Origins and Nyack College announce the third season of excavations have been completed at Khirbet el-Araj (Beit ha-Bek) on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee. New discoveries have come to light, which strengthens its identification with the ancient Jewish...(more)

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Season 4-(2019)

The Church of the Apostles Discovered at Bethsaida, Says CSAJCO (PR)

A large church from the Byzantine period was unearthed during the fourth season of archaeological excavations, carried out by Kinneret College and the Center for the Study of Ancient Judaism and Christian Origins, at the site of Beit Habek (el-Araj), near...(more)

Season 5-(2021)

'Church of the Apostles' Mosaics Discovered in Biblical Bethsaida

Archeologists have uncovered for the first time mosaic floors from a lost, legendary basilica reportedly built over the house of Jesus' apostles Peter and Andrew in biblical Bethsaida. According to archeological director Mordechai Aviam, "We identified a large apse...(more)

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Season 6-(2023)

New Inscription With Petition for Intercession by Apostle Peter 

Archeologists from Kinneret College in Israel and Nyack College, NY, led by Prof. Mordechai Aviam and Prof. Steven Notley, have uncovered a large Greek inscription during excavations of what is being called the "Church of the Apostles," a Byzantine period basilica at el Araj/Beit haBek ...(more) 

Season 7-(2023)

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Season 9 (2025)

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