Posted on 09/22/2005 1:02:58 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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Sep. 15, 2005 5:44
Israel to leave 6th century mosaic in Gaza
By ORLY HALPERN
Shlomo Dror, the spokesman for the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories, told The Jerusalem Post Wednesday that following "the noise made in the media" about the possibility of the removal of a 6th century Byzantine mosaic from Gaza, Dr. Yitzhak Magen, director of the Israel Antiquities Authority's archaeology in the Palestinian Territories, decided "to leave it as it is."
"I really hope the Palestinians will know how to preserve it," said Dror.
In July, the Post was first to report that Israel said it was considering removing the mosaic from Gaza in order to protect it during the withdrawal. The well-preserved mosaic was discovered by an Israeli archeologist in 1999l near a military installation inside the former Alei Sinai settlement in the Gaza Strip.
My mother-in-law had a coffee table just like that to keep all her tchotchkes on.
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