ARCHAEOLOGIST CLAIM TO HAVE DISCOVERED JESUS CHRIST’S ‘CHILDHOOD HOME’

Sat 28 November 2020:

A British archaeologist from the University of Reading believes that a crypt under an ancient church in Nazareth could have been the childhood home of Jesus Christ

A British archaeologist from the University of Reading believes that a crypt under an ancient church in Nazareth could have been the childhood home of Jesus Christ, Al-Araby has reported. Professor Kent Dark is confident that the evidence for this belief is strong.

Dark has published his findings in a new book called The Sisters of Nazareth Convent. In it he says that the site in question was first suggested as the possible location of the home of Jesus and his mother Mary in the 19th century.

The archaeologist explains that the church was built four centuries later on top of the house in such a way that the first-century home underneath could be preserved. Thus, it is reasonable to assume that whoever built the church in that way must have thought that the house was a “pretty si gnificant” religious site.

Professor Ken Dark from the University of Reading first began examining the site in 2006, and in 2015 he published claims it was the home of Christ.

In a previous article from Professor Dark, published in the Biblical Archaeological Review, he wrote: “Great efforts had been made to encompass the remains of this building within the vaulted cellars of both the Byzantine and Crusader churches, so that it was thereafter protected.”

The house is located beneath the Sisters of Nazareth Convent, across the road from the Church of Annunciation.

Professor Dark wrote: “The other stood nearby and was built near a vault that also contained a spring and the remains of two tombs.

“Between these two tombs was the house in which Jesus was raised.”

Now, modern technology has allowed scientists to date the house back to the first century, and Professor Dark believes there is even evidence in the Bible.

According to the archaeologist, the abode was built by a professional craftsman – which he thinks may have been Joseph.