Inscriptions in Byzantine-era church intrigue archaeologists
Who was the ‘glorious martyr’? A magnificently decorated Byzantine-era church uncovered by the Israel Antiquities Authority has shed light on the tradition of Christian pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
The site of the church exposed in Ramat Beit Shemesh(photo credit: ASSAF PEREZ, COURTESY OF IAA)ByJUDITH SUDILOVSKY