While construction workers were digging at a site in the Gaza Strip, a security guard noticed a strange stone protruding from the ground. At first, he thought it was a tunnel dug by one of the terrorist members from Hamas, but as it turned out, it was a Roman necropolis from about 2,000 years ago.

Following Operation Guardian Of The walls in May last year, Egypt began a $ 500 million rehabilitation initiative in Gaza. As part of the rehabilitation project in Jabalya, in the northern Gaza Strip, bulldozers dug in the sandy soil to build new structures. 

28 June 2022

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Archaeologists digging at the base of the Legio VI Ferrata Roman Legion near Megiddo have found evidence of the first military amphitheater known in the Southern Levant. While remains of over 230 Roman civilian amphitheaters have been found all over the Mediterranean peninsula, fewer military amphitheaters have been excavated and most of those are in the western regions of the empire.

19 June 2022

Read more: First Roman Amphitheater In Region Uncovered Near Megiddo