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Source: https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-734320
Palestinians Pave New Road over Archaeological Site in Israel's Ancient Capital
(Jerusalem Post) Tzvi Joffre - The Palestinian Authority is paving a new road through an archaeological site in Sebastia, the capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel in the 9th and 8th centuries BCE. During work on the road, a wall from the Herodian era was destroyed and burial caves from the Second Temple period were broken into and looted. Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan warned that "an attempt is being made here to completely disconnect the State of Israel and the Jewish people from one of its most important and precious heritage sites - a single remnant of the ancient Kingdom of Israel....Every Israeli and every lover of culture should demand that any damage to the site be stopped immediately."