A Palestinian farmer planting an olive tree accidentally unearthed an exquisite Byzantine tile floor:
The mosaic may be just the first in a whole series of discoveries at the site.Palestinian farmer Salman al-Nabahin cleans a mosaic floor that he uncovered while ploughing his land, in the central Gaza Strip on September 19, 2022. Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images.
A picture shows Byzantine mosaics dating from the fifth to seventh centuries after being uncovered by a farmer ploughing his land, in the central Gaza Strip on September 19, 2022. Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images. Also taking part in the group effort are a team of Palestinian researchers and international experts from the French Biblical and Archaeological School of Jerusalem., “these are the most beautiful mosaic floors discovered in Gaza, both in terms of the quality of the graphic representation and the complexity of the geometry.” He also noted that they had been discovered in a well preserved state.
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