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Gaza archaeology

Élodie Bouffard, curator of 'Treasures Saved from Gaza: 5,000 Years of History,' at the Arab World Institute in Paris, September 2025. (Romain Chauvet)
November 15, 2025, 11:31 am
Paris display shows Gaza’s imperiled heritage via artifacts exiled after 2007 Hamas coup
With an exhibition now extended through December, the Arab World Institute hosts 130 ancient objects stranded in Europe for years, as others remain threatened by war in the coastal enclave
By Romain Chauvet
Detail of a Byzantine mosaic from an archaeological site in Jabaliyah (Gaza Strip). The artifact is on display in the “Rescued Treasures of Gaza: 5000 Years of History” exhibition at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, from April 3 to November 2, 2025. (J.B. Humbert)
April 3, 2025, 4:30 pm
New Gaza archaeology exhibit opens in Paris, as most sites in enclave severely damaged
Artifacts on display include findings from Franco-Palestinian excavations initiated in Gaza in 1995, as well as items from the collection of Gazan real estate magnate Jawdat Khoudary
By Rossella Tercatin
File: Artifacts are on display in the first ever National Museum of Archaeology in Gaza, opened by Jawdat Khoudary, a Palestinian businessman and collector, on July 28, 2008. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)
April 15, 2024, 4:55 pm
Gaza’s archaeology experts say enclave’s historic treasures saved by ‘irony of history’
When Gazan collector Jawdat Khoudary loaned his treasure trove of artifacts to museums in Europe in 2006, he never imagined they would still be stored in Switzerland
By AFP and ToI Staff
A Palestinian excavation team works in a newly discovered Roman-era cemetery in the Gaza Strip, December 11, 2022. (AP Photo/ Fatima Shbair)
December 11, 2022, 8:13 pm
Gaza officials: Over 60 tombs discovered in Roman era burial site
Work crews have been excavating the site since it was discovered in January, during preparations for a new housing project
By Agencies
A stone statuette over 4,500 years old depicting the face of an ancient goddess discovered in the southern Gaza Strip, April 25, 2022 (Courtesy)
April 25, 2022, 11:05 pm
Statuette of Canaanite goddess dating back 4,500 years found in Gaza, says Hamas
Ancient artifact, carved out of limestone and 22 centimeters long, was found by a farmer working his land in Khan Younis; it is said to depict the goddess Anat
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Palestinian boys play in an ancient cemetery reportedly dating back to the Roman-era which was unearthed during construction work in Gaza City on January 31, 2022. (Mahmud HAMS / AFP)
February 1, 2022, 6:38 am
Gaza bulldozers uncover ancient Roman-era burial site; some antiquities carted off
Reports say locals have been plundering site in recent weeks; archeologists say find likely points to a nearby Roman temple or a Byzantine church
By AP
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