Cave under church may be oldest Christian worship site

ARCHAEOLOGISTS in Jordan have discovered a cave underneath one of the world’s oldest churches and say it may have been an even more ancient site of Christian worship.

An outside expert expressed caution about the claim.

Archaeologist Abdel-Qader Hussein, head of the Rihab Centre for Archaeological Studies, said the cave was unearthed in the northern Jordanian city of Rihab and shows evidence of early Christian rituals.