1,500-year-old Byzantine Church with stunning mosaics discovered in Beit Shemesh
The building has been named the “Church of the Glorious Martyr,” after the figure to whom the church was devoted according to an inscription, and whose identity remains a mystery.
The church in Ramat Beit Shemesh.(photo credit: ASAF PERETZ/ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY)ByROSSELLA TERCATIN