Last
week the Medieval Religion discussion group had a post from Genevra Kornbluth about the
discovery in the Lachish district of southern Israel of the remains of a
sixth century church. The site was excavated as a result of the remains of the church
being discovered during construction work.
The
church had been an aisled basilica with marble pillars. Judging by the quality
of the remains of the mosaic floor this was once a very fine building,
and indicates something of the nature of the setting for worship in the Palestine of the
era of Justinian.
Image:artdaily.com
There is a newspaper report about the site which can be read here, and which has a link to the more detailed press release by the archaeologist in charge of the excavation. This states that the site is to be preserved by reburying it, and that the mosaic will be removed for conservation and display.
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