A British archaeologist says a first-century dwelling found beneath a convent in Nazareth, Israel, could have been Jesus' childhood home, The Huffington Post reports.

Dr Ken Dark of the University of Reading and the Nazareth Archaeological Project argues that although the evidence can't prove Jesus grew up in the house, it does suggest it's possible.

According to the Bible, Jesus grew up in Nazareth, before leaving his hometown to wander and perform miracles.

Dark and his group began excavating beneath the Sisters of Nazareth Convent in 2006, according to Biblical Archaeology. He then discovered what is said to be a first-century courtyard house, complete with doors and windows, partially carved out of the living rock.

Much of what links the home to the possibility it housed Jesus is tied to its location.

"It is always very hard to link archaeological evidence to specific people," Dark told The Huffington Post in an email. He first used conventional archaeological methods to date both the house and a Byzantine church that was built over it, concluding that the church was once big enough to have attracted the notice of pilgrims centuries ago.

"As it is a first-century house, then perhaps the Byzantines were correct in identifying it as where Jesus was raised -- but we have no way of telling if that was so," he explains.