Ein Karem is where the New Testament places the birth of John the Baptist, and where the text says his mother Elizabeth ... Ein Karem as a central place of Christian pilgrimage in the Land ...

The discovery was an intricate golden cross medallion made with a micro-mosaic ... places the birth of John the Baptist, and where the text says his mother Elizabeth, met Jesus’ mother Miriam ...

The cross medallion is about 100 to 200 years old ... New Testament places the birth of John the Baptist, and where the text says his mother Elizabeth, met Jesus’ mother Miriam by a neighborhood ...