Farmhouse from First Temple era, Byzantine church found in Central Israel

A huge farmhouse from the First Temple period, an ornate Byzantine church built over a thousand years later and a lime kiln dated to the Ottoman era have been found by Rosh HaAyin, during archaeological investigation ahead of building a new neighborhood in the central Israeli city. The sprawling 2,700-year old farmhouse has no less than 24 rooms surrounding a central courtyard, which is a common structure in the Middle East. Altogether the farmhouse area covers some 30 meters by 50. It was so well preserved that some walls were still standing to a height of more than two meters after nearly three millennia.

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Credit: Griffin Aerial Photography