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2,000-year-old Roman tomb found in northern Gaza

Egyptian excavations in the northern Gaza Strip have unearthed the remains of a Roman cemetery dating back 2,000 years and containing nearly 100 graves.
Abdul Karim al-Kafarnah, a Palestinian resident of Beit Hanun, collects pottery fragments.

GAZA - A Palestinian citizen recently found large archaeological stones inside an excavation site where an Egyptian team is working to establish a residential area in the Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. 

A team of archaeologists led by French archaeologist Rene Elter visited the site on June 26, where they found remains of what is believed to be the largest cemetery in the Gaza Strip dating back to the Roman era, which, they said, is estimated to date back approximately 2,000 years. 

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