1,500-year-old drawings show Christian pilgrims at Gaza port
Excavations in Israel are offering a rare window into Christian pilgrimage in the Byzantine era.
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Excavations in Israel are offering a rare window into Christian pilgrimage in the Byzantine era.
The excavations are part of a town’s expansion program for opening a new neighborhood for Rahat and suburban residents led by the Authority for Development and Settlement of the Bedouin in the Negev.
During excavations south of Rahat, remnants of an ancient Byzantine church were uncovered, with etchings of ships on its walls; 'While the ship is an ancient Christian symbol, these carvings likely illustrate the actual vessels that brought the pilgrims to the Holy Land,' say researchers
From the blog of Harriet Gimpel at The Times of Israel
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