Mosaic Floor from Byzantine Church for sale on Facebook

Whenever I drive down to Dead Sea I try to stop at the Inn of the Good Samaritan to see how they’re doing. To encourage tourist buses coming back from the Dead Sea the government even built an overpass to give access to the site but not enough people visit. If you’re interested I’d be happy to drive you down there and show you around, just click on the Whatsapp button on bottom-right of screen.

To see a short video of COGAT discovering the mosaic after it was offered for sale on Facebook click on Play

Mosaic floor found under a house in Jiflik
Mosaic floor of 6th C Byzantine church in situ in Jiflik
Well-preserved mosaic floor of an ancient Byzantine church uncovered in Jiflik, West Bank.
(photo credit: COGAT SPOKESPERSON’S UNIT)

Ater the mosaic floor was moved for safekeeping and installed at Good Samaritan I got to work at the site with Mahmoud who is a very experienced conservator on the mosaics.

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