'Jesus Christ turned water into wine in a mysterious tunnel'

According to the Gospel of John, Jesus performed his first miracle at a wedding in Cana by turning water into wine. The exact location has always remained a mystery but archaeologist Tom McCollough had a breakthrough into finding the site of Christ's first location.

The holy book tells a tale of Jesus' first miracle of turning water into wine in six stone jars (used for Jewish bath rituals) at a wedding party when the wine ran out. The wedding party was believed to be located at Kafr Kanna, a town in northern Israel, that currently resides the 20^th century 'Wedding Church'. But the actual location is found to be five miles further north.

According to McCollough's study, "Searching for Cana: Where Jesus Turned Water into Wine" the actual location, Khirbet Cana, which means "the ruins of Cana", is nine miles from Nazareth.

The site was a Jewish village from 323 BC and AD 324. Archaeologists found a number of tunnels that had carvings of Kyrie Iesou, a Greek phrase meaning Lord Jesus. The miracle is said to have taken place in this area. Excavations found Jewish ritual baths, coins and other artefacts from the era. In the tunnels, an altar with many shelves that had broken stone vessels, possibly the same one Jesus used to turn water into wine was found.

McCollough said, "Our excavations have shown that this was, in fact, a thriving Jewish village located in the heart of much of Jesus' life and ministry. For the Gospel of John, Cana is in some ways, Jesus' safe place or operational centre. It is a place he and his disciples return to when they encounter resistance in Judea."