what we know today as the new testament. but to the south and the desert sands of egypt, a group of christian monks and mystics were writing their own gospels with a very different version of the life of jesus, one that launched a battle for the very heart of christianity. of all the threats to christianity over the past 2,000 years, perhaps the greatest came in 1945 near the village of nag hammadi in southern egypt where the waters of the nile dry up into desert sands. this is where a farmer named mohammed ali was digging for fertilizer when he discovered a clay jar with 13 ancient books hidden inside. within these books, there
today, more than 2 billion people call themselves christians, people who believe jesus rose from the dead. but perhaps it s a miracle that christianity did not disappear when the romans crucified jesus on a lonely hill outside jerusalem almost 2,000 years ago. this region, jerusalem and judea, represented an important land bridge between syria and egypt. so throughout history, this has been a critical place. jerusalem had been the holy city of judaism for more than 1,000 years, a place that the romans had occupied since 63 b.c. at the time the romans killed jesus, around 30 a.d., scholars
it s a dangerous, tumultuous time in the roman empire. nowhere more so than in the province of judea on the far edge of the mediterranean. its capital, the holy city of jerusalem, is teeming with pilgrims for the springtime feast of passover. many of them looking for an earthly key, a messiah who will deliver them from the yoke of roman oppression. into this powder keg walks jesus of nazareth. his protests against the romans make him a popular hero. to some, he is the messiah. but to the romans, he s political trouble, so they crucify him. the followers of jesus believed that he has risen from the dead and will soon usher in the kingdom of heaven, but when and how will this new faith survive after jesus? today, more than 2 billion people call themselves christians, people who believe jesus rose from the dead. but perhaps it s a miracle that christianity did not disappear when the romans crucified jesus on a lonely hill outside jerusalem almost 2,000 years ago. this region
jerusalem, is teeming with pilgrims for the springtime feast of passover. many of them looking for an earthly key, a messiah who will deliver them from the yoke of roman oppression. into this powder keg walks jesus of nazareth. his protests against the romans make him a popular hero. to some, he is the messiah. but to the romans, he s political trouble, so they crucify him. the followers of jesus believed that he has risen from the dead and will soon usher in the kingdom of heaven, but when and how will this new faith survive after jesus? today, more than 2 billion people call themselves christians, people who believe jesus rose from the dead. but perhaps it s a miracle that christianity did not disappear when the romans crucified jesus on a lonely hill outside jerusalem almost 2,000 years ago. this region, jerusalem and judea, represented an important land bridge between syria and egypt. so throughout history, this has been a critical place. jerusalem had been the holy
speak live tonight to the nation on state television, conceivably f. these rights reports are right, it will be to announce he will step down. the military, hugely respected in egypt and around the world, put out a statement saying that they intervened for the safety of the country, and also added to protect the will of the people. the military has been huge around these protests, now going on for 17 days and in some ways they re the ones who stood by and they re the ones right now protecting tahrir square. we went to military checkpoints often. today there are people pose w-g pictures and tanks, waving at soldiers as they are in tahrir square. the protestors have given up a lot of their own blood, sweat, tears, and of course a number of lives. this was unthinkable just a couple of months ago that president mubarek would ever leave office, an unbelievable moment in history, an unbelievable moment even in egyptian