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Vaulted area. did that vault include two tombs? yes, there are tombs incorporated in the vault. this did alert me to the possibility that we'd found the church of the nutrition. >> what ken dark says he's found in this underground site matches the description of the church of the nutrition which according to legend was built on the site of jesus' childhood home. >> according to a later tradition, there was also a tomb deep beneath the church belonging to none other than mary's husband. >> it was believed that the site contained the tomb of saint joseph. >> one of the strong clues that it is, i...

Did that vault include two tombs? yes, there are tombs incorporated in the vault. this did alert me to the possibility that we'd found the church of the nutrition. >> what ken dark says he's found in this underground site matches the description of the church of the nutrition, which according to legend, was built on the site of jesus' childhood home. >> according to a later tradition, there was also a tomb deep beneath the church belonging to none other than mary's husband. >> it was believed that the site contained the tomb of saint joseph. >> one of the strong clues that it is, is because of...

Archaeologist 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 nazareth convent, and to my great surprise, instead of a small rock-cut tomb, there was a huge cellar full of archaeological features including what was immediately apparent was an undiscovered cave church. i naturally was amazed to see archaeological features of which mainstream archaeology had been unaware. >> 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 be...

>> i don't expect that i will ever again work on a site which is both so fascinating and catches the imagination of quite so many people around the world. >> first uncovered in the 19th century, the true significance of this site was ignored by mainstream archaeology for more than 100 years. only when ken dark began investigating in 2006 did clear evidence emerge from the dust, the ruins of a first century jewish house. was this simple home where jesus spent the formative years of his life? >> for canon john peterson, it's confirmation of an ancient christian tradition. >> it's not only exciti...

Been brought up. >> by painstakingly distinguishing different walls, ken dark was able to recreate the outline of a floor no one had seen in centuries. >> there were a series of rock-cut walls, walls that have actually been built by people out of blocks of stone mortared together. those walls, when one looks at them in plan, form the outline of a house. >> it is now possible to recreate the house that jesus may have lived in more than 2000 years ago, a house of two stories with bedrooms, family room, a courtyard and a well with a cave room carved into the rocky terrain. >> the house that was r...