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Russian scientists, who conduct archaeological excavations in the territory of ancient Jericho, have managed to find a trace of the Romans in the location, ugpressa.ru reports. They found a ceramics workshop on the territory of the Russian Museum and Park Complex, where houses for Russian pilgrims in Palestine used to be located.
The excavations began in the area in 2010 and continued until 2013. This year the archaeologists returned to full-scale archaeological work. According to Leonid Belyaev, who heads the Jericho Expedition, it turned out that there was a monument consisting of many layers and having a complex structure.
The earliest layers, scientists believe, belong to the Roman era. Most likely, the site was populated much earlier than scientists thought.
Archaeologists for the first time fully revealed the entire area of the excavation. They studied two historical and cultural complexes: the residential one and the industrial one. The latter contained the system of tanks and water lines, garbage pits. The habitants made ceramics there and, possibly, melted metal. Scientists gathered a collection of ancient ceramic and glass products and vessels.
Jericho is an ancient city, the ruins of which are located in the modern Palestinian city with the same name. People began to live in this area in the eighth millennium BC.
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