Thank goodness the church is in Judea. If it were in the west bank the ancient tiles & bricks would already be on sale in the building materials department of the Palistinian equivelent of Home Depot.
Active from the 5th to the 7th centuries. 400s to 600s. Hmmmmmmmmm. Wonder what happened in the 600s to render it inactive? Probably the arrival of a bunch of Amish or some other religion of peace that peacefully persuaded the Christians to join a new religion. Peacefully.
They uncovered a building. The church is the assembly of believers in Christ. Too much attention paid to architecture...not enough to the message.
This site is just beautiful. Go to the source for pictures.
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The article indicates that the church is Byzantine, but they’d more likely be Monophysites, no?