sent his mother, helena, to the holy land to find relics and build churches. the church of the nativity has evolved over time. [ traditional middle eastern music plays ] this is the original lintel of the doorway here that was subsequently blocked. and slowly, the doors were filled in, perhaps as a defensive measure to protect against marauding soldiers on horseback, and ultimately a very small door that you have to bend down to enter in reverently. although burned and destroyed in the sixth century, some evidence of the original church remains. so, what are we seeing here, this mosaic down here? we re actually looking at the floor of the fourth-century constantinian church, so this floor is 1,700 years old, and it s done in a very typical byzantine style of geometrics and florals no depictions of people and no depictions of animals. so, really, out of the fourth-century church, what we see are these pillars and this
we are, specifically, with information and facts to back it up, seeking information to prevent future acts. that s not what he said. that s a totally different argument. no, his argument is they re monsters and so, therefore, it s okay to waterboard them. i just don t think that s an argument. i think we either argue that i think you re kind to monsters. in saudi arabia, they don t let them build churches, so i think we should john mccain would not necessarily agree to that. some people think it s not moral and doesn t produce good enough results. so there is another argument. dana? having been the white house
birth had taken place. constantine sent his mother, helena to the holyland to find relics and build churches. the church of the nativity has evolved over time. this is the original doorway here. slowly, the doors were filled in. perhaps as a defensive measure to protect against maurauding soldiers on horseback. ultimately, a very small door that you have to bend down to enter in reverently. although burned and destroyed in the sixth century, some evidence of the original church remains. what are we seeing here that s mosaic down here? we are actually looking at the floor of the fourth century conshantian church. no depictions of people and no
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constantine, the first roman emperor to become a christian sent his mother helena to the holy land find relics and build churches. the church of the nativity has evolved over time. this is the original lentil of the doorway here that was subsequently locked and slowly the doors were filled, in perhaps, as a defensive measure to protect against soldiers on horseback. ultimately a very small door that you have to bend down to enter in reverently. although burned and destroyed in the sixth century, some evidence of the original search remains. so what are we seeing here this mosaic down here? we re actually looking at the floor of the fourth century constantiniian church. this floor is 1700 years old and done in a typical style of geometrics and floral. no depictions of people and no depictions of animals. so really out of the fourth