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Crusader-era skeleton discovered during Jaffa excavations PDF Print E-mail
Written by DeadGirl   
Wednesday, 04 August 2004
By Tsafrir Rinat, Haaretz Correspondent
August 4, 2004

A human skeleton dating back to the Crusader era (12th century) was discovered recently in Jaffa during excavations carried out by the Israel Antiquities Authority.

The excavations are being carried out on a street in the Jaffa flea market to save potential relics before the area undergoes renovation.

According to the director of the excavations, Martin Fileshtoker, the burial was conducted after the Crusader era and it is not known whether the person was Jewish. The bones will be handed over for burial to religious council officials.

Fileshtoker said that a furnace used for forging metals, dating back to the Byzantine period, was also found in the same street. The Jaffa excavations have been going on for the past three years and have uncovered a large Crusader-era town which was located in the area that today houses the flea market.

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/460506.html
 
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