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[[File:MAGDALA AERIAL.JPG|thumb|right|Aerial image of Magdala]]
 
'''Magdala''' (or ''Magadan'', Greek: Μαγδαλά, meaning 'place where fish are salted')<ref>[http://biblehub.com/greek/3093.htm 3093. Magadan, Strong's Dictionary]</ref> was an ancient city located between [[Tiberias]] and [[Capernaum]], and is mentioned in the [[New Testament]], most well-known for being the hometown of [[Mary Magdalene]], the women whom Jesus cast seven demons out of. Magdala is explicitly mentioned only once in the [[Gospels]], in Matthew 15:39. Jesus was said to have entered into the vicinity of Magdala after the feeding of the 5,000. The city of Magdala can also be known by its Greek name, ''Taricheae''. The ancient city of Magdala is spoken of by early historians such as [[Flavius Josephus]], [[Cicero]], [[Suetonius]] and [[Strabo]]. According to Josephus, the population of Magdala was about 40,000.<ref>[http://www.seetheholyland.net/magdala/ See the Holy Land, Magdala]</ref>
 
'''Magdala''' (or ''Magadan'', Greek: Μαγδαλά, meaning 'place where fish are salted')<ref>[http://biblehub.com/greek/3093.htm 3093. Magadan, Strong's Dictionary]</ref> was an ancient city located between [[Tiberias]] and [[Capernaum]], and is mentioned in the [[New Testament]], most well-known for being the hometown of [[Mary Magdalene]], the women whom Jesus cast seven demons out of. Magdala is explicitly mentioned only once in the [[Gospels]], in Matthew 15:39. Jesus was said to have entered into the vicinity of Magdala after the feeding of the 5,000. The city of Magdala can also be known by its Greek name, ''Taricheae''. The ancient city of Magdala is spoken of by early historians such as [[Flavius Josephus]], [[Cicero]], [[Suetonius]] and [[Strabo]]. According to Josephus, the population of Magdala was about 40,000.<ref>[http://www.seetheholyland.net/magdala/ See the Holy Land, Magdala]</ref>
  
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