A BYZANTINE-ERA CHURCH has been discovered in Tiberias:
Impressive Byzantine church discovered in excavations in Tiberias 7 Aug 2007 Israel Antiquities Authority excavations in Tiberias exposed a Byzantine church paved with mosaics and dedicatory inscriptions, one of which reads: "Our Lord (Jesus), protect the soul of your servant…" The discovery, in the heart of the ancient Jewish city, refutes the theory that the Jews of Tiberias prevented the Christians from establishing a church in the middle of their neighborhood.
The Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs press release also mentions Jewish, Islamic, and Early Bronze age remains recovered in the same excavation.
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