Residential building from Jesus era unearthed in Nazareth

epa01972570 A handout picture made available by the Israel Antiquities Authority shows a residential building from the era of Jesus Christ being exposed near the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth, Israel, 21 December 2009. The Church of the Annunciation was built atop the remains of three earlier churches. According to the New Testament, Mary, the mother of Jesus, lived in Nazareth together with her husband Joseph. It was there that she also received the revelation by the Angel Gabriel that she would conceive a child to be born the Son of God. EPA/ASSAF PERETZ / ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY / HO . EDITORIAL USE ONLY