#facebook excavations

[dieletztepanzerhexe]

"we have the right to love" love for the fatherland and for other men <3

[0thefool]

"Do I dare disturb the Universe?" - Eliot

"We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams. World-losers and world-forsakers On whom the pale moon gleams, Yet we are the movers and the shakers of the world for ever, it seems" -Arthur O

"But all the magic I have known, I've had to make myself" -Shel Silverstein

“What matters most is how well you walk through the fire” -Bukowski

"I have measured out my life with coffee spoons" –Eliot

"'The time has come' the Walrus said, 'to talk of many things: of shoes--and ships--and sealing wax--of cabbages--and kings; and why the sea is boiling hot, and whether pigs have wings'" -Carroll

“Her lips were red, her looks were free. Her locks were yellow as gold. Her skin was as white as leprosy. The Night-Mare Life-in-Death was she Who thicks man’s blood with cold” –Coleridge (read in Interview with the Vampire)

"come away, O human child to the waters and the wild with a fairy, hand in hand, for the world's more full of weeping than you can understand" –Yeats

"This is the way the world ends not with a bang but a whimper." –Eliot

“instead, i will remember the kisses; our lips raw with love; and how you gave me; everything you had; and how I offered you what was left of me…and the warmth of you; who made me laugh again” _Bukowski

“Yes, I know it’s true that visions are seldom all they seem But if I know you, I know what you'll do. You'll love me at once, the way you did once upon a dream" -Walt Disney

"Whatever souls are made of, his and mine are the same" –Bronte, Wuthering Heights

"'Then tell Wind and Fire where to stop' returned Madame, 'but don't tell me.' –Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

“I should have loved a thunderbird instead, at least when spring comes they roar back again. I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead. (I think I made you up inside my head)” -Plath

“I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately, I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, To put to rout all that was not life and not when I had come to die Discover that I had not lived.” –Thoreau, Walden

"i do not know what it is about you that closes and opens; only something in me understands: the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses" -Cummings

"Tonight I can write the saddest lines.

I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too." -Neruda

“O Star (the fairest one in sight)…Say something to us we can learn

By heart and when alone repeat. Say something! And it says 'I burn.' But say with what degree of heat.” –Frost

“There are darknesses in life and

there are lights, and you are one of the lights, the light of all lights.” –Stoker, Dracula

“Jesus man! You don't look for acid. Acid finds you when it thinks you're ready” –Hunter S. Thompson

“It’s the tragedy of loving, you can’t love anything more than something you miss” –Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

"She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock. She was Lola in slacks. She was Dolly at school. She was Dolores on the dotted line. But in my arms she was always Lolita." -Nabokov

“The roar of it echoed through the mountains, and the mountains seemed to cry savagely ‘where are they, where are they, where are they?’ –Barrie, Peter Pan (Linda Goodman’s quote for the Gemini-Capricorn relationship)

"Oh- All That I've ever loved.." -Hugo

"You have been in every prospect I have ever seen since - on the river, on the sails of the ships, on the marshes, in the clouds, in the light, in the darkness, in the wind, in the woods, in the sea, in the streets. You have been the embodiment of every graceful fantasy my mind has become aquainted with. Estella, to the last hour of my life, you cannot choose but remain part of my character, part of the little good in me, part of the evil." –Dickens, Great Expectations

 “He was pointing at the moon, but I was looking at his hand” –Siken

"She was the still point of the turning world, man" -Eugenides

"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past" –Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

[blueiscoool]

Archaeologists Unearth Remarkably Preserved Marble Statue of Hermes in Bulgaria

Archaeologists led by Prof. Dr. Ludmil Vagalinski have unearthed a remarkably well-preserved marble statue in the ancient city of Heraclea Sintika, near Petrich, Bulgaria. The discovery, announced by the municipality of Petrich, was found within the underground sewer known as "Cloaca Maxima". Efforts are underway to delicately excavate the statue without causing damage due to its exceptional state of preservation.

Standing over two meters tall, the statue is believed to depict Hermes, a prominent deity in the region during ancient times. Prof. Dr. Vagalinski, speaking to "Archaeologia Bulgarica," expressed cautious excitement about the find, noting its significance not only as the best-preserved statue discovered in Heraclea Sintika but also in all of Bulgaria. He suggests that the statue was likely buried by city inhabitants following a major earthquake in the 4th century AD, possibly to safeguard their religious heritage during the rise of Christianity.

Archaeologia Bulgarica shared updates on the excavation progress via Facebook, revealing that the statue, crafted from a single marble block in the 2nd century AD, remains partially encased in dirt. Archaeologists have noted its resemblance to other depictions of Hermes, placing it within a known iconographic type. Similar statues are rare globally, making this discovery particularly unique for Bulgaria.

Plans are underway to carefully extract the statue from the Cloaca Maxima and transport it to the museum in Petrich, where it will undergo necessary restoration before being displayed alongside other archaeological finds. Prof. Vagalinski emphasized the challenges of preserving the ancient city's structures, especially those located on private property, where permanent conservation measures are limited. He highlighted the unexpected nature of the discovery, which came to light during routine inspections of the canal's condition.

The excavation team, which first uncovered ancient structures in the area six years ago, had placed protective barriers to secure the site. Upon closer examination, marble remnants were noticed, leading to the gradual unveiling of the statue of Hermes. Work on fully exposing and documenting the statue will continue in the coming days, offering new insights into the religious and artistic practices of ancient Heraclea Sintika.

[picturesonthewallandfloors]

Roman mosaic discovered during the last excavations in Pompeii.

Source: Facebook

Archeology and Art

[uwabbittuwabbit]

Eterna's Iceberg of Race Replays

I keep seeing people asking about how to watch MotoGP race replays in a financially responsible way, so here's my guide on where to find them!

TIER 1: MotoGP YouTube Channel Playlist MotoGP is probably one of the better racing series in that there are race replays readily accessible on their YouTube channel. They also do have some replays on their Facebook if you have the time to do an archaeological excavation, which I forgot to put on the iceberg (for example the 2014 Qatar GP). Since it's on their official accounts, it's at the top.

TIER 2: Motomundo Many a motoheads' trusted source for replays! Motomundo also has various documentaries, as well as practice, qualifying and testing replays. Motomundo also has a VKVideo account that which you can use if you are so inclined. Unfortunately, it has been reported of late that many of the videos have stopped working, with most of the older races not accessible at all. On the second tier since it is widely recommended and an open secret.

TIER 3: BiliBili (1) (2) This one is kind of unusual! Some endeavoring fans have done a great work of philanthropy by uploading entire seasons of MotoGP replays onto BiliBili, which is basically the Chinese equivalent of YouTube...but more. It can be overwhelming (they have a function where users can write comments which then are displayed on the screen while the video plays, for example) and maybe when I have more time, I could write a guide. Another circumstance of these replays being Chinese reuploads is that the commentary is also in Chinese, and there are some really very ugly watermarks from the broadcast itself that cannot be readily edited out. However, the archive is VERY extensive, although it only comprises of races. On the third tier since BiliBili is very popular in China, but more obscure in the West, and I only found this because I am Chinese and already had knowledge of the platform. The first link leads to a collection in which all the races from 1979-2019 have been uploaded. The second is from the same user, however it is just footage of 2020 testing. Unfortunately it seems that their uploads have paused there, at least for now.

TIER 4: This suspicious ass looking website If you've ventured this far down into the iceberg, I'm assuming that suspicious looking websites that have the potential to give you a virus don't phase you. But nevertheless, as a disclaimer, this website is a little hard to navigate. However, not only does it provide MotoGP coverage (in English), it also covers the feeder series as well and includes them in their race weekend compilations. There are options to view the race in varying resolutions, as well as links to various other uploads on Meta (not THAT Meta) and the like. Unfortunately around 2018 are where the uploads become a bit spotty, with many of the videos being unplayable and the links also leading nowhere. A very warranted tier four rating.

TIER 5: ArchivoGP (1) (2) (3) The reason I placed this one so low is not necessarily because it's better than the rest of the sources (in fact, at time of writing this post a good portion of their videos have been taken offline) but because the story in finding it was actually pretty funny. For context, I was on the hunt for a clip of Marc Marquez giving reigning world champion Pecco Bagnaia the thumbs up at the end of Mugello Q2 (thank you tumblr user suzuki-ecstar for replying to me about this...) and none of the sources I was using (so, any of the above already listed) had that clip. I was gnashing and gnawing my teeth in pain. So where else does one go to find something that is presumably lost? Internet Archive! I really thought this was the end of the road and I would have to clip that moment from a shitty vertical YouTube Short or something. Pain. But then I happen upon a full MotoGP replay. It wasn't of the session I wanted, but when I looked into the user a little further, I saw that they had uploaded various other full race replays. In their bio it was stated that they had a Telegram channel under the same name (ArchivoGP), so I did a Google search and found that they indeed did. Happily, their uploads (which are DAZN broadcasts consisting of pre-GP, practice, qualifying, sprint, feature race, post-GP and also cover the feeder classes) DID have that moment and that is the story of how I finished a fancam with the help of Internet Archive, which once again has saved my life. The three different links above lead to their old site, their new(?) one, and their video archive in question which is hosted on TokyVideo. Unfortunately their archive only dates back to 2020, and as I have stated previously some of them have been taken down.

MISCELLANEOUS: (1) (2) These are some assorted Internet Archive sources which I found while trying to backtrack how I found the previous source. I haven't had the time to actually sort through and vet the videos except for one, the original ArchivoGP user uploads (which is the first link, though I'm not entirely sure because they have since changed the name of the channel).

I hope with this masterpost I have saved you guys a lot of time that you (and me, to be honest) do not have. If you want to know where to watch races LIVE, user kingofthering has a very handy dandy masterpost here which you can go check out.

Psst: in general, if you want to very legally watch something, this is a good resource that I recommend. Cheers! ;)

[pinoy-culture]

🌙✨️ I recently got asked on Facebook, "How would our pre-colonial ancestors know what a lion was?" They brought up a good point, as lions don't exist in the Philippines. So how was Arimaonga seen as lion like?

Well, while today Arimaonga is seen as a giant playful lion, they originally were a tiger.

Ok, but Ligaya, there are no tigers in the Philippines. True, today there aren't any native species of tigers. However, doesn't mean they didn't exist before. Excavations in Palawan have unearthed bone fragments of a tiger that once roamed the island of Palawan. Whose to say that they didn't also reach the other islands of what is now known as the Philippines?

Further more, we can look to linguistics. Arimaonga derives from the Malay word, "harimau" which means tiger. It's no coincidence as Malay was the lingua franca of maritime Southeast Asia, including the Philippines. Historical records state that our ancestors, especially those who were traders, spoke Malay, as they were able to understand and communicate with those from other islands in maritime SEA.

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[theyonagoda]

Franklin Expedition Geneology research, or: Do you want to know if YOUR blorbo was cannibalized?

In order to do Y-chromosome based or mtDNA-based DNA testing you need a continous line of male or female descendents (or relatives) and that's, like, really hard to figure out even with merticulous record-keeping by churches. I'm focusing on those who are are theorized to be one of the existing, discovered bodies, especially those that have been collected and whose DNA was already extracted. This means:

-Le Vesconte Point body, theorized to be Edward Couch or Robert Orme Sargent due to facial reconstruction.

-"Peglar Papers" body, which got lost (???) after british soldiers who found it in the 70s gave it to a museum; thankfully a new excavation found a singular foot bone. Theorized to be William Gibson or Thomas Armitage

"Holding Out Hope" Tier (no body):

-Two Grave Bay body, reburied and haven't been re-discovered yet. Thought to that of a Marine. I was doing Tozer's lineage b/c him having a ton of siblings made it easier, but someone beat me to it and is thinking about contacting the university of Waterloo to see if we can get another Fitzjames breakthrough. With Tozer off the list I'm moving on to Healey and Hedges, since both have a good starting point w/ marriages.

-The Starvation Cove Cutlery Carving Crew, whose silverware (originally the officers' until they carved their initials on them) made it pretty far. This includes William Wentzell, Cornelius Hickey, possibly Richard Wall, and several sets of initials that could've belonged to multiple crew members (i.e "WG".) I'm hoping that at least some of the bone fragments get recovered from there.

"Just In Case" Tier:

-Tenatively ientified body of Goodsir, who I'm like 90% sure is actually him this time but I that tiny chance that it isn't nags at me

-"Irving" grave, 70% sure.

I'm more interested in researching the crew than the officers tbh, largely as the latter was already taken by many enthusiasts (I know someone's doing Des Voeux rn.) This is a hugely collaborative effort and I have a lot of people to thank for this, including the Franklin Expedition facebook, the descendents of FE's personnel, and various hobby geneologists who have done their work before me! If anyone right now has ANY information of Thomas Armitage's genetic history, his descendents (he had at least five kids, which helps) or anything of the sort, please tell me!

[frances-baby-houseman]

Getting suggested a Facebook post from a group called “Chinese excavators and mini skids” in which your father asks for the best way to clear a path on his newly purchased “70 acres I. The foothills of North Carolina” is an incredible way to learn your father has purchased 70 acres I. The foothills of North Carolina.

[the-british-museum]

Object: Tumblr post (?) excavated from Facebook

Author unknown

[beardedmrbean]

Italian police have recovered a trove of “exceptionally valuable” Etruscan funereal artefacts stolen in an illegal excavation of a 2,300-year-old aristocratic tomb in Perugia.

The vast array of treasures, believed to have belonged to Etruscan princesses, is reported to have been described by experts as one of the most important recoveries of artefacts ever made in relation to the ancient Italian civilisation.

The artefacts – including eight urns, two sarcophagi and beauty accessories such as bronze mirrors and a perfume bottle still carrying traces of its original scent – are worth at least €8m, Carabinieri art police said.

One sarcophagus contained the full skeleton of a woman in her 40s, while the urns were finely decorated with scenes from Greek mythology and female figures with still visible red paint on their lips and gold colouring on their jewels.

Part of the ancient burial site, belonging to the ancient “Pulfna” family, was first discovered in 2015 by a farmer while ploughing land close to the town of Citta della Pieve, who was given around €100,000 as a reward for his discovery.

But Italy’s cultural heritage police opened an investigation last April after photographs of similar relics – this time depicting females instead of males, as in the case of those unearthed in 2015 – were discovered on the illicit online art market, circulated by amateur “tomb raiders” in their search for buyers.

Following investigations using phone taps, stakeouts and air surveillance drones, police identified a second excavation site on land adjacent to the site initially discovered in 2015, of a tomb also belonging to the Pulfna family, who held an important socio-political role at the time.

Police ultimately seized the illegally excavated artefacts from two individuals who had unearthed the burial chambers while excavating land they owned, after one of them posted a picture of himself on Facebook alongside a looted artefact, said Peruga’s chief prosecutor Raffaele Cantone.

They “had nothing to do with the world of [practised] tomb raiders” and were “clumsy” and “amateurish” in the way they tried to access the black market for looted art, the prosecutor told reporters on Tuesday.

The pair face charges related to theft and trading in stolen goods, and risk jail sentences of up to 10 years, said prosecutor Annamaria Greco, who led the investigation.

Local outlet Corriere dell’Umbria reported that the details on the urns offer new and valuable information on the culture and beliefs of the Etruscans, with the operation reportedly described by experts as one of the most important recoveries of Etruscan finds ever made.

Italy’s culture ministry said many of the artefacts were “perfectly preserved” and were “considered to be of exceptional historical and artistic value”.

The Etruscans flourished in central Italy during the Hellenistic period, between around 900BC to 27BC, when their lands were assimilated into the Roman empire, upon which the Etruscan culture had a lasting influence in terms of architecture, religion and tradition.

But while the Etruscans left behind lavish tombs, statues and pottery, few written documents have been uncovered, with patchy evidence of their daily lives. They left behind lavish tombs, pottery and statues but tantalisingly few written documents and patchy evidence of their daily lives.

[spacetimewithstuartgary]

New SpaceTime out Monday

SpaceTime 20241014 Series 27 Episode 124

Galaxies are much bigger than thought

A new study has concluded that galaxies are actually far larger than they appear. The key to their true size lies in the gas surrounding them which extends far further into intergalactic space than previously thought.

Live microbes discovered in two billion year old rocks

Sciences have discovered pockets of microbes living within a sealed fracture in 2-billion-year-old rock.  The rock was excavated from the Bushveld Igneous Complex in South Africa, an area known for its rich ore deposits.

Vulcan launch turns near failure into success

The United Launch Alliance’s new Vulcan Centaur rocket has grabbed victory out of the jaws of defeat -- overcoming a faulty strap on solid rocket booster to successfully place its payload into orbit.

The Science Report

The 2024 Nobel prizes for science have been awarded in Stockholm.

Skeptics guide to who likes magic

SpaceTime covers the latest news in astronomy & space sciences.

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SpaceTime -- A brief history

SpaceTime is Australia’s most popular and respected astronomy and space science news program – averaging over two million downloads every year. We’re also number five in the United States.  The show reports on the latest stories and discoveries making news in astronomy, space flight, and science.  SpaceTime features weekly interviews with leading Australian scientists about their research.  The show began life in 1995 as ‘StarStuff’ on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s (ABC) NewsRadio network.  Award winning investigative reporter Stuart Gary created the program during more than fifteen years as NewsRadio’s evening anchor and Science Editor.  Gary’s always loved science. He studied astronomy at university and was invited to undertake a PHD in astrophysics, but instead focused on his career in journalism and radio broadcasting. Gary’s radio career stretches back some 34 years including 26 at the ABC. He worked as an announcer and music DJ in commercial radio, before becoming a journalist and eventually joining ABC News and Current Affairs. He was part of the team that set up ABC NewsRadio and became one of its first on air presenters. When asked to put his science background to use, Gary developed StarStuff which he wrote, produced and hosted, consistently achieving 9 per cent of the national Australian radio audience based on the ABC’s Nielsen ratings survey figures for the five major Australian metro markets: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth.  The StarStuff podcast was published on line by ABC Science -- achieving over 1.3 million downloads annually.  However, after some 20 years, the show finally wrapped up in December 2015 following ABC funding cuts, and a redirection of available finances to increase sports and horse racing coverage.  Rather than continue with the ABC, Gary resigned so that he could keep the show going independently.  StarStuff was rebranded as “SpaceTime”, with the first episode being broadcast in February 2016.  Over the years, SpaceTime has grown, more than doubling its former ABC audience numbers and expanding to include new segments such as the Science Report -- which provides a wrap of general science news, weekly skeptical science features, special reports looking at the latest computer and technology news, and Skywatch – which provides a monthly guide to the night skies. The show is published three times weekly (every Monday, Wednesday and Friday) and available from the United States National Science Foundation on Science Zone Radio, and through both i-heart Radio and Tune-In Radio.

[myemuisemo]

At part 6 of Letters from Watson, where Watson begins by summarizing news coverage of the Brixton mystery... wait, this is hilarious. Even without getting the references, the cadence of the lists of what each newspaper published gives the feel of Facebook posts of the very worst sort. Doyle obviously knows he's being, if not satirical, at least pointed. Does Watson?

A couple of the mishmash of editorial references are too good to skim over.

The reference to the Vehmgericht tells us that we're headed straight into frothing conspiracy land. Although there were once actual Vehmgericht -- courts authorized by the Holy Roman Emperor to mete out justice up to and including capital punishment -- the last vestiges had been gone for a couple generations by the 1880s. The term gets used in the way that things are blamed on Freemasons, the Illuminati, the Knights Templar, and such -- it's a bogeyman. In this case, it's a bogeyman that kills people specifically for political reasons.

Aqua tofana is a truly awesome poison for mystery-writing purposes, being colorless and tasteless, as well as actually being mixable from items that were much less regulated back then (arsenic, lead, and belladonna).

The Ratcliff Highway Murders are... a lot. You gotta go read these. They seem to have nothing to do with foreigners, another clue that the newspapers are just ranting to sell copies. Around the time that Doyle was writing this story, the skeleton of the accused murderer had been found while excavating for gas lines.

Drebber was staying at a boarding house! Oh, he is cheap, despite some of his expensive accouterments. Alice Charpentier is the absolute model of modest Victorian maidenhood, proclaiming the truth in her pure, clear, voice, so this boarding house is one of the respectable ones, but a great many weren't. When I was a mid-sized tot, we had a reproduction of Hill's Manual of Social and Business Forms, originally published in 1888, and their illustrations of ill-mannered behavior were so often depictions of boarding houses. (And note how innocence is weaponized to claim that Alice can't possibly understand she was sexually harassed and assaulted, so nobody need deal with any distress she might actually feel. Pfui.)

Since Drebber left, we know there's no luggage to find at the boarding house. Is there luggage in a locker at Euston? (Why was he all prepared to sail if he was unexpectedly turned out of his lodging?)

Euston Station is about 4-1/2 miles from Camberwell, but you know what's within a mile or so of Camberwell? The house on Brixton Road.

I love Google Maps so much. I also love Holmes' yawn.

[architecturethroughouthistory]

The underground city of Derinkuyu, in Turkey's Cappadocia region, is a fascinating archaeological site discovered in 1963. It extends over 85 meters below ground with an 18-level tunnel system. Initially excavated by the Hittites around 1200 BC, it was expanded by the Phrygians, featuring residential areas, storage rooms, stables, a school, wine cellars, and a chapel. Remarkably, the city had a complex ventilation system, a protected well, and large circular stones for sealing entrances. Its original purpose remains a topic of debate, but its discovery offers a glimpse into an intricate underground world.

Source: Facebook

Fabulous Lovers of Weird Things

[blueiscoool]

4,000-Year-Old Tomb Discovered in Egypt

Archaeologists have discovered the 4,000-year-old ancient Egyptian tomb of "Idi," a local governor's daughter who lived during Egypt's Middle Kingdom (circa 2030 to 1640 B.C.). She was buried within two coffins, one inside the other, representatives of the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities wrote in a statement on Facebook.

"Finding two intact Middle Kingdom coffins is extraordinary," Kathlyn Cooney, a professor of ancient Egyptian art and architecture at UCLA who was not involved with the excavation, said in an email. These coffins "not only seem well preserved but [are] covered with intricate coffin texts that helped the deceased find their way in the realm of the Underworld," Cooney said.

Studying the new coffin texts may provide more information on how the Egyptians viewed the afterlife, said Caroline Arbuckle, an assistant professor of history at the University of Saskatchewan who was not involved with the excavation. "It is always possible that Egyptologists will find new variations, and these help us to better understand what the ancient Egyptians were afraid might stop them from reaching their eternal paradise, or what they felt they might need in the underworld."

Idi lived during the reign of Senwosret I (circa 1961 to 1917 B.C.) and was the daughter of Djefaihapi, the governor of Asyut, one of the richest provinces at the time.

Her tomb was robbed in ancient times, but parts of the skeleton remained. Analysis of those skeletal remains revealed the woman likely died before age 40 and had a congenital defect in one foot.

The larger of the two coffins was 8.6 feet (2.6 meters) long, while the smaller one was 7.5 feet long (2.3 m), according to the statement. Archaeologists also found the remains of a coffin lid and wooden figurines.

One of the wooden figurines shows a standing woman who may be Idi. If it is, it would "add to a very limited data set of funerary objects that presumably depict the deceased," Cooney said.

In fact, two figurines may depict Idi, Francesco Tiradritti, an Egyptology professor at the Kore University of Enna in Italy who is not part of the excavation. A second figure may show a woman marching. "I am wondering if that statue does not depict the soul of Idy that is coming out from the tomb," Tiradritti said.

Wolfram Grajetzki, an Egyptologist and honorary senior research fellow at University College London who was not involved in the research, said that the coffin's hieroglyphs call Idi the "lady of the house."

Many tombs and burials have been discovered at Asyut over the past 130 years, and some were found in excavations of dubious legality, he added. Artifacts from those excavations are now in museums around the world.

By Owen Jarus.

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Recent archaeological excavations in Israel have revealed a rare find: early Christian art from around 1,500 years ago.

The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced the discovery in a Facebook post on May 23. The art was found in an ancient church in the city of Rahat, located in the northern Negev Desert.

The church dates back to the Byzantine era, and historians believe the wall art was crafted by pilgrims arriving from Gaza. The art, mostly of boats, was drawn in the sixth century, which roughly marked the beginning of the early Middle Ages.

"These intriguing drawings may have been left by Christian pilgrims arriving by ship to the Gaza port – their first inland stop was this Rahat church; continuing from here on to other sites throughout the country," the…