saying, this is the time. we ve been counting, we ve been calculating, we ve worked out from the prophecies when this ought to occur, and we think it s pretty much now. in recent years, archaeologists have found facts that support that prediction. our work in the jewish villages is proving that, in the time of jesus, 80% of the jews came from judaea. that s bethlehem. we are not only people of faith we re people with minds. no one digs to get faith. so archaeology can t form faith. but archaeology is absolutely important for informing faith, and we would like to ask every question possible. what we can be certain about is that he s called jesus from nazareth. this is where he spent his early youth. the nativity story begins here in nazareth with the annunciation. the gospel of luke says the angel gabriel was sent from god to tell mary, a virgin, that she