possible this was the childhood home of jesus. and what might the childhood of jesus tell us about jesus the man? we are looking at such an important part of human history. according to the gospels, jesus spent his childhood in the village of nazareth, in the region of galilee. today, nazareth is a bustling city of more than 70,000 people in northern israel. here, in a deep cellar beneath a 19th-century convent, lie the remains of what may prove to be
narrator: nazareth, israel. found here is what may be the newly-uncovered ruin of the childhood home of jesus christ. the story of this discovery goes back more than a century. in 1881, a congregation of nuns called the sisters of nazareth, take possession of this site and build their convent on it. they discover that underground there are remnants of something, but they don t know what. i have the keys of the kingdom with me. they were told at the time that it was the site of a great church and that a burial of a saint lay on that ground, but these were just local stories and i m not sure anybody really
genuinely was the childhood home of jesus. on archaeological ground that is entirely possible, but it can t be demonstrated. it s difficult to be sure who this house belonged to in the first century. it was a house of the kind mary and joseph could have lived in. the pottery, the limestone vessels, the construction of the house, the dimensions all make it likely this is jesus house. and it makes sense the early christians would have treasured that location and passed it on to later pilgrims, so a lot of it fits together, and a lot of it seems to make it likely this could be the house of jesus, mary and joseph. i think that the sisters of nazareth convent is most likely a church of the nutrition mentioned in the delocus sanctis. the question is whether this is the childhood home of jesus.
believed those. narrator: in 2006, british archeologist ken dark conducts a routine inspection of the convent s cellar and gets the surprise of his life. i went over to the sisters of na nazareth convent, and to my great surprise, instead of a small locker or two, there was a huge cellar full of archeological features including what was immediately apparent was an undiscovered cave church. i naturally was amazed to see archeological features of which mainstream archeology had been unaware. narrator: the remains of the church occupied a large section of one-half of the cellar, but who built it and how old it was remained a mystery. i began to look through
on archaeological ground, that s entirely possible. but it can t be demonstrated. it s difficult to be sure who this house belonged to in the first century. it was a house of the kind that mary and joseph would have lived in. the pottery, the limestone vessels, the construction of the house, the dimensions all make it likely that this is jesus house. and it makes sense that early christians would have treasured that lotions and passed it on to later pilgrims. a lot of it fits together and a lot seems to make it likely that this would be the house of jesus, mary, and joseph. i think that the sisters of nazareth convent is most likely a church of the nutrition mentioned in the area. the big question is whether or not this is actually the childhood home of jesus. and we may never know the answer to that question.