Yotam Tepper (; born 1987) is an Israeli

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...

who discovered the

Megiddo Megiddo may refer to: Places and sites in Israel * Tel Megiddo, site of an ancient city in Israel's Jezreel valley * Megiddo Airport, a domestic airport in Israel * Megiddo church (Israel) * Megiddo, Israel, a kibbutz in Israel * Megiddo Juncti ...

church complex, the oldest Christian house of worship ever discovered, under the modern Megiddo prison. Dated to around 230, it is believed to be the earliest

Christian A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism, monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the wo ...

site of worship ever discovered. Countless

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relics were discovered alongside the church.

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* Vassilios Tzaferis
Inscribed “To God Jesus Christ”: Early Christian Prayer Hall Found in Megiddo Prison
''Biblical Archaeology Review'', March/April 2007 Israeli archaeologists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Archaeologist-stub 20th-century births