Claim of biblical bathhouse refuted

Wednesday, December 18, 2002

JERUSALEM -- An ancient bathhouse unearthed beneath a Nazareth souvenir shop dates back to Crusader times and is not, as the shop owner believes, a Roman bath which may have been used by Jesus, archaeologists and Bible scholars said Tuesday.

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