Archaeologists will discover an ancient ‘Jesus midwife’ tomb.
JERUSALEM – Archaeologists are excavating an ancient tomb traditionally linked with Jesus’ midwife in the hills southwest of Jerusalem, the antiquities department announced Tuesday. The artistically adorned Jewish burial cave complex originates from roughly the first century A.D., but local Christians eventually identified it with Salome, Jesus’ midwife in the Gospels. A Byzantine chapel was erected … Read more
