During excavations north of the Israeli city of Kiryat Gat, archaeologists uncovered a sprawling compound from the Byzantine ... patterns.” The geometric patterns also include “very small ...

A Byzantine ... The imagery in the mosaic floor includes crosses, lions, doves, flowers, and an amphora (a ceramic jug used for maritime shipping) as well as geometric patterns. “ ...

Archaeologists think the tiles once lined a Byzantine-era monastery ... unearthed a decorative mosaic floor featuring crosses, lions, doves, flowers, geometric patterns, an amphora (an ancient ...

A massive Byzantine ... The main mosaic floor was decorated with images of “crosses, lions, doves, an amphora (a ceramic maritime shipping jug), [and] flowers and geometric patterns” created ...

flowers and geometric patterns, and in the center, the words “Blessed are you when you come in, and blessed are you when you go out” (Deuteronomy 28:6). The mosaic of a Byzantine era monastery ...