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The site, dating to the 7th or 8th century CE, was abandoned twice before the Crusader conquest and will be covered after a public viewing day.","category":"Science & Tech","area":"Middle East","publishedAt":"2026-08-16T15:05:55.342Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-08-16T13:57:47.586Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-16T15:05:55.342Z","readTime":"5 min read","scores":{"trust":62,"critic":59,"hype":15,"notes":{"trust":"Two independent full reports name IAA directors Yoav Arbel and Lior Rauchberger as sources.","critic":"The article provides specific dates, locations and figures, and reads as a coherent single story.","hype":"Headline matches the factual content without exaggeration."}},"tags":["#Archaeology","#MiddleEast","#Israel","#UmayyadPeriod","#AbbasidPeriod","#HistoricalDiscovery"],"entities":["Israel Antiquities Authority","Ramat Gan","Winter Stadium","Netivei Ayalon","Dr. Yoav Arbel","Lior Rauchberger","Amichai Eliyahu"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["The Israel Antiquities Authority uncovered a 1,300-year-old industrial and commercial complex beneath a parking lot in Ramat Gan during excavations for a bus terminal.","The site dates to the 7th or 8th century CE, spanning the Umayyad and Abbasid periods, and was operational for about 150 years before being abandoned and later resettled.","Archaeologists found streets, pottery kilns, bronze tableware, coins and intact oil lamps, suggesting a major trade or industrial hub near a historic road linking Jaffa, Ramla and Jerusalem.","The complex will be opened to the public for one day on 19 August before being covered to preserve it."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Archaeologists in Ramat Gan, Israel, have uncovered a 1,300-year-old industrial and commercial complex beneath the Winter Stadium parking lot. The site, which dates to the 7th or 8th century CE, includes intersecting streets, pottery kilns and industrial buildings. It was discovered during excavations ahead of the construction of a bus terminal by Netivei Ayalon."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The complex was operational for about 150 years before being abandoned, then resettled in the 10th century CE. Residents built new structures and installed clay baking ovens. The site was abandoned again in the late 11th century CE, before the Crusader conquest, and has not been resettled since. The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) reported finding dozens of pottery vessels, intact oil lamps, bronze tableware, iron tools, coins and fragments of local and imported glass."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The IAA excavation directors, Dr. Yoav Arbel and Lior Rauchberger, said the complex was planned in advance by engineers and likely built with the knowledge of regional authorities. They suggested it may have served as a major trade and industrial station or part of an undiscovered nearby settlement. The site is near a historic road connecting Jaffa, Ramla and Jerusalem, and offers fertile land and water sources."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu said the discovery demonstrates Israel’s archaeological wealth. The IAA will hold a public viewing day on 19 August before covering the site to preserve it."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the right-rated digests mentioned the public viewing day on 19 August. 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