Found in time for Christmas - a Jesus-era house was found in Nazareth, Israel.

Photo shows the excavation site of the remains of the first dwelling in Nazareth that can be dated back to the time of Jesus.

Archaeologists and present-day residents of Nazareth imagined Jesus as a youngster, playing with other children in the isolated village.


The Church of the Annunciation can be seen in the background of the lower photo.


Archaeologist Stephen Pfann, president of the University of The Holy Land, noted: "It's the only witness that we have from that area that shows us what the walls and floors were like inside Nazareth in the first century."

Workers uncovered the first signs of the dwelling last summer, but it became clear only this month that it was a structure from the days of Jesus.

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