During their excavation, they discovered various pots and artifacts dating back to the first century CE, which some believe could support the traditional account of Bethlehem as the birthplace of ...

A few years ago in Bethlehem, early one morning ... He stood in front of me, almost on top of me, his eyes dancing—first glancing at my forehead, then the ceiling, then my beard, then the ceiling, ...

Thus, the identification of Bethlehem in Judea as the birthplace ... Pottery fragments from the Iron Age and first-century artifacts near the Church of the Nativity suggest a settlement existed ...