The Sea of Galilee, -210 meters below sea level, is the main
fresh water sea of the Rift Valley with unique forms and
subterranean sources including hot water springs. The sea is
home for 27 fish types, with many endemic. The water surface is
168 square kilometers while the perimeter is 55 kilometers,
densely populated over the generations. The cities of Tiberias
and Hammat Gader as well as Korazim, Kursi, Capernaum, and
Tabgha surround the Sea of Galilee contributing to the area's
unique cultural authenticity. Korazim displays the remains of a
Jewish town, mentioned in the Babylonian Talmud, renowned for
the good wheat grown there. In the New Testament Korazim is
mentioned as a city condemned by Jesus, together with Bet-Saida
and Capernaum. The earliest occupation of Korazim was in the
first or second century CE and was located on the slope of the
northern hill. Most of the remains visible today date to the
third to fourth centuries CE. Many repairs and changes were
carried out in the original buildings and