Excavations in Nazareth: From the beginning till the XII century

already ancient Annunciation appears apse attached base basin beginning bottom broken building Byzantine Byzantine church central centre century chamber Christian church circles cistern clay coloured coloured clay complete construction convent corridor courses covered cross crown Crusader dark decorations deep east elements example excavations fact Figure fired follow fragments give given graffiti grotto handle indicate inscription inside jars Jerusalem Joseph known lamp later leather coloured less letters lines lower medieval middle mosaic mouth nave Nazareth objects opening original painted pavement period pieces plaster plate pottery preceding present preserved remains rock round seen sherds shows side signs silo stones surface thick thin tomb traces upper usual various vase venerated village wall ware wide zone