Now do this put-the-text-back-together activity.
This is the text (if you need help).
Archaeologists working in the city of Nazareth have unearthed what they believe to be the childhood home of Jesus Christ. Following an arduous, 14-year excavation of the site at the Sisters of Nazareth Convent, researchers say they believe the first-century home is where Jesus grew up as a child. Lead researcher Professor Ken Dark embarked on 14 years of research and fieldwork at the ancient site. He says his studies of the well-preserved abode on a limestone hillside revealed "excellent craftsmanship" and a "structural understanding of rock". He says this is, "consistent with it having been constructed by a tekton" - the occupation of Jesus' father, Joseph.
Professor Dark says the dwelling was originally found in the 1880s and was first excavated in the 1930s. For decades, experts and nuns living in the convent have asserted that the site was Jesus' boyhood home. Dark started on his dig in 2006 to investigate these assertions. He said the site had been "almost forgotten by scholars". He used cutting edge archaeological techniques to uncover more secrets of the house. Dark discovered that people believed that the building was Jesus' house from at least the 380s. However, he says his claims are not conclusive and acknowledges that we may never know for sure whether or not Jesus Christ lived at that location.
Comprehension questions- For how long have archaeologists been working on the site?
- What kind of establishment is the dig taking place at?
- Who is Ken Dark?
- What kind of hillside was the home found on?
- What does the article say was the job of Jesus' father?
- When was the home originally found?
- Who asserted the home was where Jesus grew up?
- Who does the article say almost forgot about the home?
- What did a professor want to uncover about the home?
- From when did people start believing Jesus lived at the home?
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