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Monday, June 13, 2011

A Byzantine-era building at Acre

A BYZANTINE-ERA BUILDING AT ACRE:
Archaeologists unearth Acre church from the Byzantine Period

Discovery of public structure in north Israel city is breakthrough, first time Christian structure has been unearthed in Acre, a city said to have been highly influential in early years of Christianity.


By Jack Khoury (Haaretz)
The headline pretty much says it. But an earlier IAA press release was more cautious about calling it a church.