Ancient Churches in the Holy Land

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More ancient churches have been found in the Holy Land than in any area of comparable size in the world. About 330 different sites with ancient church remains have been identified in modern Israel, the West Bank and the Golan Heights east of the Sea of Galilee. At many of these sites, more than one ancient church stood. At Madaba in Transjordan (not included in our survey area), 14 turned up. In Jerusalem there were several dozen churches and chapels. In all, about 390 ancient churches at these 330 sites have been discovered. Almost none, however, are earlier than […]

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Footnotes

See James F. Strange and Hershel Shanks, “Has the House Where Jesus Stayed in Capernaum Been Found?” BAR 08:06.

Here the angels announced to Abraham and Sarah the birth of their son Isaac, in Christian tradition this was a prefiguration of the annunciation to Mary by the angels (Luke 1:26–38).

See Dan Bahat, “Does the Holy Sepulchre Church Mark the Burial Place of Jesus?” BAR 12:03.