Crusader Era skeleton discovered during Jaffa excavations

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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 in southern Tel Aviv 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.
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A man pointing at a human skeleton found recently during excavations in Jaffa.

[TeLaVivi]

They found 4 skeletons, they think it's a crusaders cemetery . there are also some Byzantine findings from the 7th century . Where ever you dig in this country you find some archeological discovery :) .

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BTW, from what I saw in the already renovated parts, the flea market will look great after it's renovation .

[Benni]

Where ever you dig in this country you find some archeological discovery.

Yeah, that's probably true...OK, here in Europe, they find some skelletons, too. But they are usually not of such such a historical importance, like Bycantines or Crusaders...

BTW last week in Berlin, they found about 70 Skelletons under/next to the oldest church the city-center, which are probably older than Berlin itself, which is supposed to be about 770 years...