Aerial view of the 2,000-year-old basilica in Tel Ashkelon National Park.© Emil Aladjem, Israel Antiquities Authority
Wonder what they would do if a performer took a knee during the anthem?
Thanks for the ping. I sent this to my wife for her files.
She is a leader in a bible study group at our church.
They spend a lot of time studying that area before and after Christ.
to add to the history, marble was a second-phase addition/upgrade, with some of it ending up in a 19th century mosque in Jaffa:
https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-israeli-archaeologists-resurrecting-herod-s-monumental-basilica-in-ashkelon-1.9860322