ISRAEL-ARCHAEOLOGY-MOSAIC-BYZANTINE

ISRAEL-ARCHAEOLOGY-MOSAIC-BYZANTINE

An archaeologist of the Israeli Antiquities Authority works on a 1500-year-old Byzantine era mosaic floor near Kibbutz Beit Kama in the Israeli Negev on May 12 2013. The mosaic dating back to the 4th-6th century BC was discovered along with a group of structures under the fields of the Kibbutz Beit before the imminent paving of the southern extension of Highway 6. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA