Friday, April 08, 2005

SALOME DANCED HERE -- MAYBE:
Tiberias dig unearths very rare marble floor
By Eli Ashkenazi (Ha'aretz)

A marble floor dating from the first century CE was unearthed during this season's excavations of ancient Tiberias.

According to archaeologist Professor Yizhar Hirschfeld, director of the three-week dig that ended yesterday, the floor is apparently a remnant of a pavement in the palace of Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great, who ruled the Galilee from 4 BCE to 38 CE.

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I posted this item this morning, but as I tried to purge the multiple copies, Blogger ate the whole thing.

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