A church that dates to the Byzantine period which is paved with breathtakingly beautiful mosaics and a dedicatory inscription was exposed in an archaeological excavation the Israel Antiquities Authority is conducting near Moshav Nes-Harim, 5 kilometers east of Bet Shemesh (at the site of Horvat A-Diri), in the wake of plans to enlarge the moshav.
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Unfortunately, at the conclusion of the excavation this mosaic was defaced and almost completely destroyed by unknown vandals.
Antiquities.org.il (2009) Может, кто-нибудь из френдов может пояснить, где точно эта церковь находится и в самом ли деле всё так скверно ?
P.S. Между тем,
в конце марта расколотили мозаичный пол византийской церкви в
Хурват Мидрас.