Authorities are going to remove the mosaic and cover the site back up to preserve it. Oh well, it appears to be quite large by ancient standards. A few years back I was walking through a nice suburban neighborhood in Ashkelon not far from the beach and all of a sudden I stumbled on a small but beautiful Byzantine era ruin of a church. Pretty amazing just in between some houses. Wish I had had a camera on me at the time. This new find isn’t far from Ashkelon - a few miles north. It boggles the mind how much history is under the earth out there evidenced whenever construction or digging goes on. A major headache and more likely a nightmare for developers unfortunately.