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Kfar Kama (; ) is a town located in the lower Galilee, Israel, with a population of 2,900, largely Circassian. ==History== Kfar Kama might be identified with a village Helenoupolis that Constantine established in honor of his mother Helen.〔Tsafrir, Di Segni and Green, 1994, 142〕 Excavations carried out in 1961 and 1963 revealed 4th century tombs.〔Dauphin, 1998, p. 727〕 Two churches dated to the early 6th century, one dedicated to Saint Thecla, were uncovered, with multicolored mosaics of floral, animal and geometric patterns.〔 In the Crusader period it was known as ''Kapharchemme'' or ''Capharkeme.''〔Pringle, 1997, p. ( 117 )〕 Ruins and parts of five limestone columns have been found, together with a circular basalt olive-press and cisterns.〔Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. (391 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kfar Kama」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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