Atlantis Online
March 28, 2024, 08:34:05 pm
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
News: Update About Cuba Underwater Megalithic Research
http://www.timstouse.com/EarthHistory/Atlantis/bimini.htm
 
  Home Help Arcade Gallery Links Staff List Calendar Login Register  

Massive Byzantine bathhouse uncovered near Gaza-belt town

Pages: [1]   Go Down
  Print  
Author Topic: Massive Byzantine bathhouse uncovered near Gaza-belt town  (Read 92 times)
0 Members and 107 Guests are viewing this topic.
Erika Zimney
Superhero Member
******
Posts: 2380



« on: March 26, 2009, 12:05:24 am »



Mar 25, 2009 17:34 | Updated Mar 25, 2009 17:37
Massive Byzantine bathhouse uncovered near Gaza-belt town
By ETGAR LEFKOVITS
     

A large Byzantine bathhouse has been uncovered in an archaeological excavation near the southern Israeli town of Sderot, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday.

The ancient bathhouse found was discovered by Kibbutz Gevim in the Negev Desert during an ongoing salvage excavation ahead of the laying of a new rail track in the area that will service the Ashkelon-Netivot line.

The site, which covers an area of 20 x 20 m, included an elaborate underground heating system, and is the largest bathhouse ever found in southern Israel, said Gregory Serai, the director of the excavation at the site.

The ancient village where the bathhouse was located was situated on a road that linked Beer Sheva with Gaza, and likely began as a road station in the Roman period, he said.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1237727539145&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Report Spam   Logged

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter



Pages: [1]   Go Up
  Print  
 
Jump to:  

Powered by EzPortal
Bookmark this site! | Upgrade This Forum
SMF For Free - Create your own Forum
Powered by SMF | SMF © 2016, Simple Machines
Privacy Policy