Yotam Tepper is an Israeli archaeologist who discovered the Megiddo church complex, the oldest Christian house of worship ever discovered, under the modern Megiddo prison. Dated to the middle of the 3rd century AD, it is believed to be the earliest Christian

Christianity

Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...

 site of worship ever discovered. Countless Roman

Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....

relics were discovered alongside the church.

External references

• Vassilios Tzaferis, Inscribed “To God Jesus Christ”: Early Christian Prayer Hall Found in Megiddo Prison Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 2007