26. Ancient Church Found under Site for Shopping Center
As construction workers dug through the earth with a bulldozer in Palestine Square in downtown Gaza, bystanders took pictures and videos of the archaeological findings laid out in front of them. The project, formerly going to be a shopping center, was now turned into excavations for more historical pieces of what was previously a church from the Byzantine period. Unfortunately, the historical ministry’s budget is extremely limited in Palestine, and this site would require millions of dollars to carry out proper excavation for extraction and analysis, so there is a valid concern that some of the information it carries will be lost.
