1,300-year-old industrial hub uncovered during bus terminal construction in Ramat Gan
Zev Stub is the Times of Israel's Diaspora Affairs correspondent.A routine salvage excavation ahead of the construction of a new bus terminal in Ramat Gan revealed a surprising find: an industrial and commercial complex dating back some 1,300 years.Digging for several months in the parking lot of the city’s Winter Stadium, archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) uncovered a network of straight, intersecting streets lined with shops, warehouses, large pottery kilns, and a series of industrial installations that once produced liquids on a considerable scale.The find offers a rare glimpse into the economic workings of Israel during the early Islamic period, Yoav Arbel, one of the site’s excavation directors, told The Times of Israel.“This find was quite unexpected, and exceeded our expectations,” Arbel said in a phone interview. “We expected to find archaeology here, but we did not expect to find an entire commercial and industrial complex from the…
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A 1,300-year-old industrial and commercial complex from the early Islamic period was uncovered in Ramat Gan during a salvage excavation for a new bus terminal. Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) found a well-organized network of streets, shops, warehouses, large pottery kilns, and industrial installations for producing liquids. Yoav Arbel, an excavation director, stated, "This find was quite unexpected, and exceeded our expectations." The complex flourished for about 150 years before being abandoned and later resettled with a more domestic character in the 10th century. Artifacts like pottery, oil lamps, coins, and tools helped date the site, which was strategically located along a main road connecting Jaffa, Ramla, and Jerusalem.
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