This was in the news on Dec 21, 2009:
Jesus-Era House found in Nazareth
Days before Christmas,
archaeologists on Monday unveiled what they said were the
remains of the first dwelling in Nazareth that can be dated
back to the time of Jesus — a find that could shed new light
on what the hamlet was like during the period the New
Testament says Jesus lived there as a boy.
The
dwelling and older discoveries of nearby tombs in burial
caves suggest that Nazareth was an out-of-the-way hamlet of
around 50 houses on a patch of about four acres. It was
evidently populated by Jews of modest means who kept
camouflaged grottos to hide from Roman invaders.
Archaeologist Yardena Alexandre of the Israel Antiquities
Authority says remains of a wall, a hideout and a cistern
were found after builders dug up an old convent courtyard in
the northern Israeli city.
Father
Jacques Icaram walks in the excavation site of the remains
of the first dwelling in Nazareth, Israel that can be dated
back to the time of Jesus. Archaeologist Yardena Alexandre,
unseen, of the Israel Antiquities Authority says remains of
a wall, a hideout and a cistern were found after builders
dug up an old convent courtyard in the northern Israeli
city.
Israel's
Antiquities Authority workers are seen at the excavation
site of the remains of the first dwelling in Nazareth,
Israel that can be dated back to the time of Jesus.
Archaeologist Yardena Alexandre, unseen, of the Israel
Antiquities Authority says remains of a wall, a hideout and
a cistern were found after builders dug up an old convent
courtyard in the northern Israeli city
Father
Jacques Icaram, left, stands near Israel's Antiquities
Authority workers at the excavation site of the remains of
the first dwelling in Nazareth, Israel that can be dated
back to the time of Jesus. Archaeologist Yardena Alexandre,
unseen, of the Israel Antiquities Authority says remains of
a wall, a hideout and a cistern were found after builders
dug up an old convent courtyard in the northern Israeli
city.
The Church
of the Annunciation, which is built on the site where
tradition says Mary received the message she was chosen to
be the the one whom God would use to bring Emmanuel, is 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. Archaeologist Yardena Alexandre of the Israel
Antiquities Authority says remains of a wall, a hideout and
a cistern were found after builders dug up an old convent
courtyard in the northern Israeli city.
Source:
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2009/12/21/jesus-era-house-nazareth-israel/?test=latestnews
