
Archaeologists believe the the 1,600-year-old marble slab (shown) with Hebrew inscriptions marks the location of Kursi – a Gentile district on the eastern shores of the Sea of Galilee. The slab measures 55 inches by 26 inches (140cm by 70cm). According to the Bible, the Land of the Gederenes – believed to be Kursi – is the site of the Miracle of the Swine where Jesus exorcised a possessed man of demons (illustrated top right). Experts at the University of Haifa, Israel, with the Antiquities Authority and the Nature and Parks Authority, are now trying to decipher the slab (unearthed bottom right), which is engraved in the Aramaic language in Hebrew letters. They have so far identified the words 'amen' and 'marmaria,' which could either refer to marble, Mary or Rabbi. Is this where Jesus performed The Miracle of the Swine? 1,600-year-old Hebrew slab points to the site of Kursi where Christ exorcised a man possessed by demons