Disputes over contested territory isn’t the only kind of fighting going on in the Gaza Strip lately as archaeologists and government officials are engaged in an all-out war to save an ancient church unearthed on a Gaza construction site, a RawStory.com via Agence-France-Press report said Wednesday. The site is believe to contain a church or cathedral dating back to at least the 7th century, the report said. Gaza, like much of the Palestinian territories and Israel, is filled with antiquities. The Gaza ministry of antiquities and a number of prominent archaeologists called for all building to be suspended until the relics can be protected and preserved. However, the land owner, the ministry...
