10.25377/sussex.7253123.v1
Freja Howat-Maxted
Freja
Howat-Maxted
Leila Sansour
Leila
Sansour
Jacob Norris
Jacob
Norris
Mosaic Floor in the Church of Nativity, Bethlehem, Palestine, c.1934
University of Sussex
2020
Nativity Church collection
British Mandate in Bethlehem
Nativity Church
Bethlehem crafts
Archaeology in Bethlehem
Middle Eastern and African History
Middle Eastern and North African history
2020-01-30 12:08:46
Figure
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This is a digital reproduction of an image held in the Library of Congress. <div><br></div><div>This photograph shows intricate and symbolic mosaic floors inside the Church of the Nativity. The floor was covered over during the Byzantine period and was not discovered until excavations were carried out by the British government between 1932-1934. </div><div><br></div><div>This image exists as part of the Nativity Church collection within the Library of Congress project of the Planet Bethlehem Archive.</div>