Nazareth

===Stone Age===
Archaeological researchers{{who|date=June 2019}} have revealed that a funerary and cult center at [[Kfar HaHoresh]], about two miles ({{convert|2|mi|abbr=out|disp=output only}}) from current Nazareth, dates back roughly 9,000 years to the [[Pre-Pottery Neolithic B]] era.<ref>Goring-Morris, A.N. "The quick and the dead: the social context of Aceramic Neolithic mortuary practices as seen from Kfar HaHoresh." In: I. Kuijt (ed.), ''Social Configurations of the Near Eastern Neolithic: Community Identity, Hierarchical Organization, and Ritual'' (1997).</ref> The remains of some 65 individuals were found, buried under huge horizontal headstone structures, some of which consisted of up to 3 tons of locally produced white plaster. Decorated human skulls uncovered there have led archaeologists to identify Kfar HaHoresh as a major cult centre in that era.<ref>{{cite web |title= Pre-Christian Rituals at Nazareth |date= November–December 2003 |publisher= Archaeology: A Publication of the Archaeological Institute of America |url= http://www.archaeology.org/0311/newsbriefs/nazareth.html |access-date= 2 July 2006 |archive-date= 28 May 2006 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060528171322/http://www.archaeology.org/0311/newsbriefs/nazareth.html |url-status= live }}</ref>