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in the scriptures as "a just man." it's important particularly in relationship to the house because you would not have a church being built here simply because they wanted to build a church. the church was being built here because it's a holy place. >> whether saint joseph was ever buried here is impossible to know. the tomb has been empty since the crusades, but above it, the archaeological investigation uncovered a series of features that predated both joseph's tomb and the church of the nutrition. could they belong to a house? >> this is part of a cave which is very typical, very common here in the hill country, and so we have a cave built into a house. >> realizing that there was a first-century house at the site was exciting in archaeological terms because it raises the possibility that this was the

that once stood nearby? >> the church that was said to be built over the childhood home of jesus was called the church of the nutrition, so called because it was where jesus was nurtured as a child. the big question is where that church is today. it disappeared from history somewhere around the time of the crusades. we're not really sure what happened to it. what we do know is that there are some clues from the de locis sanctus, this medieval manuscript, that gives us a few hints about where this church once stood. and it was fairly easy to see if it had the series of attributes that de locis sanctis attributes to the church of the nutrition. did it have a well? well, yes. there is a well at the site. did it have a vault under it? yes, the site included a large

where the angel gabriel was believed to have announced to mary she was about to give birth to the messiah. >> as the mother of jesus, mary has always occupied a special place in the hearts of many christians. >> mary is really the closest to god. she is known as the queen of heaven and is foremost among all of the saints. >> mary's an incredibly important figure for the early church because she's a symbol for women. there's this idea of a loving individual who is seen as the special protector of the weak, of someone who protects women, who protects children, who protects elderly. >> today, the church of the annunciation is the largest in the middle east. the question is, if the seventh-century description of nazareth is accurate, what happened to the other church

but it's also a way of showing that he's somehow stronger than that. he's not a weakling that they can bully in that way. >> jesus' time in nazareth had come to an end. >> insofar as we know, he never returned there again. >> they reject him, and he says, "right. i'm carrying my ministry forward, but it will be somewhere else that i will bring what i've come to do to fruition." >> but has modern archaeology uncovered the home he left behind? first mentioned in a medieval text, then lost for centuries, is this cave church what remains of the ancient church of the nutrition? and if so, are the ruins found within it the very house where mary and joseph raised jesus? >> it's possible that it

believed to have announced to mary she was about to give birth to the messiah. >> as the mother of jesus, mary has always occupied a special place in the hearts of many christians. >> mary is really the closest to god. she is known as the queen of heaven and is foremost among all of the saints. >> mary's an incredibly important figure for the early church because she's a symbol for women. there's this idea of a loving individual who is seen as the special protector of the weak, of someone who protects women, who protects children, who protects elderly. >> today, the church of the annunciation is the largest in the middle east. the question is, if the seventh-century description of nazareth is accurate, what happened to the other church that once stood nearby?

but it's also a way of showing that he's somehow stronger than that. he's not a weakling that they can bully in that way. >> jesus' time in nazareth had come to an end. >> insofar as we know, he never returned there again. >> they reject him, and he says, "right. i'm carrying my ministry forward, but it will be somewhere else that i will bring what i've come to do to fruition." >> but has modern archaeology uncovered the home he left behind? first mentioned in a medieval text then lost for centuries, is this cave church what remains of the ancient church of the nutrition, and if so, are the ruins found within it the very house where mary and joseph raised jesus?

>> the church that was said to be built over the childhood home of jesus was called the church of the nutrition, so called because it was where jesus was nurtured as a child. the big question is where that church is today. it disappeared from history somewhere around the time of the crusades. we're not really sure what happened to it. what we do know is that there are some clues from the de locis sanctus, this medieval manuscript, that gives us a few hints about where this church once stood. >> and it was fairly easy to see if it had the series of attributes that de locis sanctis attributes to the church of the nutrition. did it have a well? well, yes. there is a well at the site. did it have a vault under it? yes, the site included a large vaulted area.