A CAVE with evidence of occupation has been found under a third-century church in Jordan:

Ancient cave found under church
Built in 230 A.D., church is one of Christianity's oldest in the world

By Dale Gavlak (AP)
updated 5:05 p.m. ET June 9, 2008

AMMAN, Jordan - Archaeologists in Jordan said Monday they have discovered a cave underneath one of the world's oldest churches that may have once been an even more ancient site of Christian worship.

Archaeologist Abdel-Qader Hussein, head of the Rihab Center for Archaeological Studies, says the cave was unearthed in the northern Jordanian city of Rihab after three months of excavation and shows evidence of early Christian rituals.

The cave lies under St. Georgeous church, built in 230 A.D., making it one of the oldest churches in the world, along with one unearthed in the Jordanian southern port of Aqaba in 1998 and another in Israel discovered in 2005.

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Claims that it could be a first-century Christian worship site have been received with skepticism by historian Thomas Parker, who specializes in such things.