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September 24, 2022 12:40 pm GMT
Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2022/09/24/byzantine-era-mosaics-in-an-olive-farm-in-a-refugee-camp-in-the-gaza-strip.html
Byzantine-era mosaics in an olive farm in a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip
Digging in their olive orchard in the Bureij refugee camp in the Gaza strip, Salman al-Nabahin and his son unearthed a Byzantine mosaic dating from the 5th to the 7th century CE. The mosaic floor was "unveiled," for the first time according to Aljazeera, on Friday, 16 September, "boasting 17 iconographies of beasts and birds," brightly colored and "well-preserved." — Read the rest
Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2022/09/24/byzantine-era-mosaics-in-an-olive-farm-in-a-refugee-camp-in-the-gaza-strip.html
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