Archaeologists in Gaza have unearthed at least 125 tombs, many with skeletons inside, and two lead sarcophagi at a 2,000-year-old Roman cemetery discovered there by chance last year.
last week that the necropolis is believed to include the remains of high-level Roman officials.
An expert at the French School of Biblical and Archeological Research, Fadel Al-A’utul, told Reuters one of the sarcophagi was decorated with images of grapes and the other with dolphins. The team is cleaning the skeletons and trying to put together pieces of clay jars they also found.
Work at the archaeological site is set to continue for several months, and is “already proving to be promising,”Authorities in the Gaza Strip, which is controlled by the militant group Hamas, in recent days that the discovery of a rare sarcophagus molded in lead was the second of its kind during the excavation, and that the ministry would examine the latest find.
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