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Jaffa Port has extensive Greek history
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Over the last decade, archaeologists have managed five new digs in and around the ancient port of Jaffa, and the results were detailed in full by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) in last month’s edition of the journal
The range of multicultural historical artifacts and buildings date back several thousands of years and connect the city with its ancient Greek origins.
Yoav Arbel, the IAA archaeologist who led four of five new digs, told
Haaretz that the city experienced at least three periods of significant expansion. “In Hellenistic times, then a protracted phase spanning the Byzantine, Islamic and Crusader periods, and finally under the Ottomans in the 19th century.”
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