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Timnah Goloubin (L), an archaeologist with the Israel Antiquities Authority, shows on October 23, 2019 the ancient church crypt in the Israeli city of Bet Shemesh. A magnificent 1500-year-old church, decorated with spectacular mosaic floors and Greek inscriptions, was discovered during a three-year excavation near a residential area. MENAHEM KAHANA / afp

A general view of an ancient church in the Israeli town of Bet Shemesh on October 23, 2019. A magnificent 1500-year-old church, decorated with spectacular mosaic floors and Greek inscriptions, was discovered during a three-year excavation near a residential area. MENAHEM KAHANA / afp

Timnah Goloubin, an archaeologist with the Israel Antiquities Authority, shows on October 23 2019 the ancient church crypt in the Israeli town of Bet Shemesh. A magnificent 1500-year-old church, decorated with spectacular mosaic floors and Greek inscriptions, was discovered during a three-year excavation near a residential area. MENAHEM KAHANA / afp

Timnah Goloubin (L), an archaeologist with the Israel Antiquities Authority, shows on October 23 2019 a church mosaic floor with inscription in ancient Greek in the Israeli town of Bet Shemesh. A magnificent 1500-year-old church, decorated with spectacular mosaic floors and Greek inscriptions, was discovered during a three-year excavation near a residential area. MENAHEM KAHANA / afp

Binyamin Storchan (C), an archaeologist with the Israel Antiquities Authority, shows on October 23 2019 an ancient church crypt in the Israeli city of Bet Shemesh. A magnificent 1500-year-old church, decorated with spectacular mosaic floors and Greek inscriptions, was discovered during a three-year excavation near a residential area. MENAHEM KAHANA / afp

Timnah Goloubin (L), an archaeologist with the Israel Antiquities Authority, shows on October 23, 2019 a mosaic church floor of an Eagle symbol of the Byzantine Empire in the Israeli town of Beit Shemesh. A magnificent 1500-year-old church, decorated with spectacular mosaic floors and Greek inscriptions, was discovered during a three-year excavation near a residential area. MENAHEM KAHANA / afp

A general view of an ancient church in the Israeli town of Bet Shemesh on October 23, 2019. A magnificent 1500-year-old church, decorated with spectacular mosaic floors and Greek inscriptions, was discovered during a three-year excavation near a residential area. MENAHEM KAHANA / afp

Timnah Goloubin, an archaeologist with the Israel Antiquities Authority, shows on October 23, 2019 the ancient church crypt in the Israeli city of Bet Shemesh. A magnificent 1500-year-old church, decorated with spectacular mosaic floors and Greek inscriptions, was discovered during a three-year excavation near a residential area. MENAHEM KAHANA / afp

Timnah Goloubin (L), an archaeologist with the Israel Antiquities Authority, shows on October 23, 2019 a mosaic church floor of an Eagle symbol of the Byzantine Empire in the Israeli town of Beit Shemesh. The magnificent 1500-year-old church, decorated with spectacular mosaic floors and Greek inscriptions, was discovered during a three-year excavation near a residential area. MENAHEM KAHANA / afp

Timnah Goloubin (L), an archaeologist with the Israel Antiquities Authority, shows on October 23, 2019 a mosaic inscription in ancient Greek mentioning a donation received from Emperor Tiberius II, in the Israeli town of Bet Shemesh. The magnificent 1500-year-old church, decorated with spectacular mosaic floors and Greek inscriptions, was discovered during a three-year excavation near a residential area. MENAHEM KAHANA / afp