Soldiers Exhume 1,500-Year-Old Byzantine Convent With Breathtaking Mosaic Floor in Military Zone in Israel

Soldiers Exhume 1,500-Year-Old Byzantine Convent With Breathtaking Mosaic Floor in Military Zone in Israel
Courtesy of Gilad Stern/Israel Antiquities Authority
Michael Wing
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A decades-old discovery of ruins bearing biblical significance was re-excavated this past summer. After being reburied once previously, a number of antiquated structures, including a church and extravagant mosaic, were exhumed in a joint Israeli military-antiquities conservation undertaking.

Twenty years ago, a pair of Israeli researchers unearthed an ancient ecclesiastical site at Horbat Hani, in the foothills east of the upscale, then fledgling settlement of Soham.

Michael Wing
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Michael Wing is a writer and editor based in Calgary, Canada, where he was born and educated in the arts. He writes mainly on culture, human interest, and trending news.
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