2000-year-old Roman Cemetery Found in Gaza

2022-02-20

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  • A 2,000-year-old Roman cemetery has been found in the northern Gaza Strip,
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  • with the antiquities ministry calling it the most important local discovery of the past ten years.
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  • Gaza is rich with ancient objects.
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  • The area has been an important trading spot for many civilizations,
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  • from the ancient Egyptians through the Roman empire.
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  • Ruins discovered there include the remains of an attack by Alexander the Great as well as a Mongol invasion.
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  • A grave is a place where a person is buried.
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  • Twenty Roman graves have been located so far and the research team expects to find about 80 in total within the 50-square-meter cemetery.
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  • Only two graves have been opened; one contained skeletal remains and some clay jars.
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  • Jamal Abu Rida is director-general of Gaza's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.
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  • Abu Rida suggested that researchers believe the graves likely belonged to "senior ranking people" in the Roman empire during the first century.
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  • Unlike Muslim graves from later periods that face north to south, the Roman graves lie east to west, Abu Rida explained.
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  • "We have made several discoveries in the past, this is the most important archaeological discovery in the past 10 years," said Abu Rida.
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  • The area is closed off to journalists and the public while it is organized and made safe for visitors, the ministry said.
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  • The cemetery, which is being supervised by a French team of experts, was found by a construction crew working on an Egyptian-funded housing project.
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  • When they came upon some of the cemetery's large, ancient bricks, they stopped work and called in the experts.
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  • Gaza is run by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, which has fought four wars with Israel since 2008.
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  • The conflict has hurt the local economy and officials usually ask international groups to help dig out and preserve archaeological findings, said Abu Rida.
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  • I'm John Russell.
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  • A 2,000-year-old Roman cemetery has been found in the northern Gaza Strip, with the antiquities ministry calling it the most important local discovery of the past ten years.
  • 2
  • Gaza is rich with ancient objects. The area has been an important trading spot for many civilizations, from the ancient Egyptians through the Roman empire.
  • 3
  • Ruins discovered there include the remains of an attack by Alexander the Great as well as a Mongol invasion.
  • 4
  • A grave is a place where a person is buried. Twenty Roman graves have been located so far and the research team expects to find about 80 in total within the 50-square-meter cemetery. Only two graves have been opened; one contained skeletal remains and some clay jars.
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  • Jamal Abu Rida is director-general of Gaza's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. Abu Rida suggested that researchers believe the graves likely belonged to "senior ranking people" in the Roman empire during the first century.
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  • Unlike Muslim graves from later periods that face north to south, the Roman graves lie east to west, Abu Rida explained.
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  • "We have made several discoveries in the past, this is the most important archaeological discovery in the past 10 years," said Abu Rida.
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  • The area is closed off to journalists and the public while it is organized and made safe for visitors, the ministry said.
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  • The cemetery, which is being supervised by a French team of experts, was found by a construction crew working on an Egyptian-funded housing project. When they came upon some of the cemetery's large, ancient bricks, they stopped work and called in the experts.
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  • Gaza is run by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, which has fought four wars with Israel since 2008.
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  • The conflict has hurt the local economy and officials usually ask international groups to help dig out and preserve archaeological findings, said Abu Rida.
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  • I'm John Russell.
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  • Nidal al-Mughrabi reported on this story for Reuters. John Russell adapted it for VOA Learning English.
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  • Words in This Story
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  • cemetery - n. a place where dead people are buried
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  • antiquities - n. objects from ancient times
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  • archaeological - adj. of or relating to a science that deals with past human life and activities by studying the bones, tools, etc., of ancient people