10.25377/sussex.7253231.v1 Freja Howat-Maxted Freja Howat-Maxted Leila Sansour Leila Sansour Jacob Norris Jacob Norris Wider view of mosaics in the Church of Nativity, Bethlehem, Palestine, c.1934-1946 University of Sussex 2020 Nativity Church collection British Mandate in Bethlehem Nativity Church Bethlehem churches Archaeology in Bethlehem Bethlehem crafts Middle Eastern and African History Middle Eastern and North African history 2020-01-30 12:04:58 Figure https://sussex.figshare.com/articles/figure/Wider_view_of_mosaics_in_the_Church_of_Nativity_Bethlehem_Palestine_c_1934-1946/7253231 This is a digital reproduction of an image held in the Library of Congress. <div><br></div><div><div>This photograph shows a wider area of the mosaic floors inside the Church of the Nativity. The mosaics were covered over during the Byzantine period and were discovered as a result of excavations carried out by the British government between 1932-1934. That the mosaics are detailed to such a high quality represents the deep religious symbolism contained within the church.</div><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></div></div>