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1,500-Year-Old “Church of the Glorious Martyr” With Beautiful Mosaic Unearthed Near Jerusalem

AncientPages.com | October 24, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An ancient Byzantine-era church, complete with a floor mosaic and Green inscriptions, was recently unearthed in Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel. About 1,500 years

Evidence of producing fire in the region, in the form of ash and charcoal, already exists from the Old Stone Age – about 800,000 years ago; burnt seeds and flint chips were exposed at Gesher Bnot Ya'akov in the north of the country. Image: Israel Antiquities Authority

Archaeology

Stone Slab c. 9,000-Year-Old Used In Making Fire Discovered Not Far From Jerusalem, Israel

AncientPages.com | May 17, 2017

AncientPages.com - A rare stone slab that was most probably used in fire making was excavated in Ramat Beit Shemesh, not far from Jerusalem, Israel. "The ancient people who