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How Women Built the Little Town of Bethlehem

INFLUENCE

The desert town has changed repeatedly in the Christian era, as churches and shrines edged out older structures. Intriguingly, the makeovers were almost all the work of women.

Nicholas Blincoe
Nicholas Blincoe
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Nicholas Blincoe

Nicholas Blincoe

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