Ashkelon basilica

ANCIENT ARCHTECTURE: 2,000-year-old basilica unearthed in Ashkelon. “The basilica was first discovered in the 1920s by British archaeologist John Garstang who then covered it once again,” said Dr. Rachel Bar Nathan, IAA director of excavation. (Rossella Tercatin, Jerusalem Post).

The remains of a magnificent 2,000-year-old Roman basilica, the largest in Israel, have been uncovered in Ashkelon in an excavation conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority within a development project of the Tel Ashkelon National Park and will soon be accessible to the public, the Nature and Parks Authority announced on Monday.

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