April
02
/ 2014
Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a 6 th century monastery near the Bedouin village of Hura in the northern Negev Desert. Amazingly, the Byzantine complex still contained almost completely intact mosaics covering the floor. The monastery measures 20 by 35 metres and is arranged on an east-west axis, a common feature in Byzantine churches. Inside, they found the remnants of a prayer hall and dining room decorated with elaborate mosaics and four service rooms paved with white mosaic tiles. They also uncovered ceramic jars, cooking pots, kraters, bowls, glass vessels and coins strewn about the ruins. The mosaics in the prayer hall and dining room have retained their vibrant colours and are made up of geometric patterns, leaves, flowers
