Wikipedia's first sentence called it “open air museum that reconstructs and reenacts village life in the galilee in the time of jesus”. Today it says “tourist attraction and open-air museum in nazareth”.
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The opening as it read in 2020
Nazareth, Israel Nazareth Village is an open-air museum in Nazareth , Israel , that reconstructs and reenacts village life in the Galilee in the time of Jesus . The village features houses, terraced fields, wine and olive presses all built to resemble those that would have been in a Galilee village in the 1st century. Muslim and Christian living history enactors dress in period costume and show visitors how farm, domestic, and craft work was performed two thousand years ago.1
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Nazareth Village is an Open air museum that reconstructs and reenacts village life in the Galilee in the time of Jesus . The village features houses, terraced fields, wine and olive presses all built to resemble those that would have been in a Galilee village in the first century. Muslim and Christian living history enactors from nearby Nazareth dress in period costume and show visitory how farm, domestic, and craft work was performed two thousand years ago. May 9, 2009, London Times, Nazareth Village built to meet demands of Christian tourists, Sheera Frenkel [1] Nazarenes live and act as Jesus did, CNN, December 21, 2006 [2]
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Nazareth Village is an open-air museum in Nazareth , Israel , that reconstructs and reenacts village life in the Galilee in the time of Jesus . The village features houses, terraced fields, wine and olive presses all built to resemble those that would have been in a Galilee village in the 1st century. Muslim and Christian living history enactors dress in period costume and show visitors how farm, domestic, and craft work was performed two thousand years ago.Excavation and Research at the Nazareth Village Farm May 9, 2009, The Times, Nazareth Village built to meet demands of Christian tourists, Sheera Frenkel [1] Nazarenes live and act as Jesus did, CNN, December 21, 2006 [2]
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Open-air museum in Nazareth, Israel Nazareth Village is an open-air museum in Nazareth , Israel , that reconstructs and reenacts village life in the Galilee in the time of Jesus . Excavation and Research at the Nazareth Village Farm
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open air museum that reconstructs and reenacts village life in the galilee in the time of jesus
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tourist attraction and open-air museum in nazareth
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