Gaza’s Layers of History Could Be Lost

News January 8, 2013

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GAZA—Lack of money and continuing conflict make conducting archaeology and conserving cultural heritage sites in the Gaza Strip extremely difficult. “Underneath Gaza there is a whole other Gaza, but every archaeological site here is found by accident,” said Hayam Albetar of the Hamas-run Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. Construction projects and storms reveal archaeological objects hidden by the earth and sea, but research opportunities are slim.

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