Aviram Oshri, an archaeologist with the Israel Antiquities Authority, believes that Jesus was actually born in a small village called Bethlehem of Galilee, over 100 kilometers from Bethlehem of Judea.

Most tableware, cooking pots and storage jars at the time were made of pottery, but “Jews throughout Judea and Galilee also used tableware and storage vessels made of soft, local chalkstone ...