(CNN) -- After a group of Israeli farmers sought last year to expand their property in the hills near Jerusalem, they discovered an archeological gem beneath the dirt.
A team led by Daniel Ein Mor barely had to scratch the surface before finding the remains of a Byzantine monastery, he told CNN on Wednesday.
The church is believed to have been built in the late fifth or sixth century, and is decorated with "breathtakingly beautiful mosaics," according to a description from the Israel Antiquities Authority, which hired Mor.
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That's a pretty cool story. Reading about the stuff they find on these archeological digs, especially in and around Israel, is fascinating.
Yes it is. I can hardly wait to visit the Holy Land.
Someday...
That makes two of us...
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