Jesus-era house discovered in Nazareth
Just in time for Christmas, archaeologists have unveiled what may have been the home of one of Jesus's childhood neighbours. The humble dwelling is the first dating to the era of Jesus to be discovered in Nazareth, then a hamlet of around 50 impoverished Jewish families where Jesus spent his boyhood.
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Archaeologists and present-day residents of Nazareth imagined Jesus as a youngster, playing with other children in the isolated village, not far from the spot where the Archangel Gabriel revealed to Mary that she would give birth to the boy.
Today the ornate Basilica of the Annunciation marks that spot, and Nazareth is the largest Arab city in northern Israel, with about 65,000 residents. Muslims now outnumber Christians two to one in the noisy, crowded city.
Text: AP
Image: The Church of the Annunciation seen alongside the excavation site of the remains of the first dwelling in Nazareth, Israel, that can be dated back to the time of Jesus. (Photograph copyright AP)
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