2,700 year old Farmhouse from First Temple Era and Byzantine Church Found in Central Israel

A huge farmhouse from the First Temple period The sprawling 2,700-year old farmhouse has no less than 24 rooms surrounding a central courtyard, which is a common structure in the Middle East. Altogether the farmhouse area covers some 30 meters by 50. It was so well preserved that some walls were still standing to a height of more than two meters after nearly three millennia. See pictures, video and read article at - http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/archaeology/1.694515