It seems Galilee used to hide things other than a young Jesus Christ. A recent excavation at Galilee in Israel uncovered some Roman temple ruins from the 2nd century A.D.

The city of Zippori houses the ruins, and leads to the observation that a significant pagan population built a temple in the city during the Roman period. A church from the later Byzantine period  appears to have been built over it, however, according to Zeev Weiss of the  Noam Shudofsky Zippori Expedition.

The building of the church over the old temple seems to bear the idea that the city proscribed to the idea of maintenance of a sacred section for the city. As our source article puts it,

The new finding not only sheds light the religious life, culture and society in Roman and Byzantine Zippori, but also indicates that Jews, pagans and later Christians lived together and developed their hometown with various buildings.

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Other ancient discoveries:

• Egypt: ancient warrior's tomb found intact in Luxor