Different floor.
View at the sixth century mosaic floor of the church. The guide points at a fish in the river Jordan. At the left of the photo you see the Dead Sea.
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Posted on 08/08/2007 8:44:09 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
A floor mosaic dating back to the sixth century, depicting trees and fruit baskets, was uncovered this week at the Yavneh-Yam archaeological site near Kibbutz Palmahim. The floor, discovered during excavations by Tel Aviv University's Institute of Archaeology, decorated the dining room of a Byzantine villa, containing unbroken pottery... The numerous artifacts uncovered at the site point to extensive cultural and trade ties with Egypt, Lebanon, Cyprus and the Greek Isles. At the end of the fifth century, it was home to a monk known as Peter the Iberian - a charismatic bishop of Georgian origin who gathered around him a circle of intellectuals. His biography, "The Life of Peter the Iberian," provides a glimpse into the nature of the community. The excavation, directed by Prof. Moshe Fischer and Itamar Taxel, was intended, among other things, to examine life in the community vis-a-vis the text. So far it has yielded magnificent finds: In the eastern part of the area examined, the remains of warehouses were uncovered, containing storage jars that were hidden inside the floors and large storage rooms with numerous utensils that were destroyed toward the end of the ancient era.
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They could keep the muzzies from stripping the place by spreading the rumor that the prophet got laid there way back when.
Different floor.
View at the sixth century mosaic floor of the church. The guide points at a fish in the river Jordan. At the left of the photo you see the Dead Sea.
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Have they not hear of the 8th Commandment?
Oh, never mind.
Looks like it use a little “Mop-N-Glow”.
I think that this is the archaeologist that Michael Medved talks about. He’s a cousin or some kind of relative and he’s going to share some of his findings with Medved’s group that he leads to Israel this summer. Medved takes a group to Israel every year, I think.
real nice folks, those muzzies!
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Breathtaking! Just beautiful.
http://jewishmag.com/98mag/yavnehyam/yavnehyam.htm
“After Yavneh Yam was conquered by the Muslims, a fort was built on the coast, of which the tower has been excavated to a height of 5 meters. It was called Fort Rubin, as the Moslims also have the tradition of the burial place of Reuven, and it may have served as a prison. One column is inscribed by Arabic graffiti of the 7th century, on which the term shahada (martyrdom) appears...”
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