Murals depict the shepherds and their flock, the manger scene and the visitation of the angel.
Adjacent to the church is a low natural cave which visitors can enter. The natural rock shelter has a soot-blackened ceiling from years of smoke from the fires of inhabitants. The cave has been partially enclosed to form a small chapel with the natural rough hewed walls.
Mosaic floor discovered in the Nativity Basilica [Church of the Nativity] of Bethlehem during process of restoration work in August, 1934. Excavation in the floor of the nave showing the Byzantine mosaic floor originally laid in the 4th century.
