Roman-時代 sarcophagus 暴露するd in Gaza
By Nidal al-Mughrabi
GAZA, Feb 14 (Reuters) - A Roman-時代 sarcophagus, likely to have belonged to a 目だつ individual, was 暴露するd at the 場所／位置 of a 2,000-year-old Roman 共同墓地 discovered last year in the northern Gaza （土地などの）細長い一片, the 領土's antiquities 省 said on Tuesday.
So far 90 individual and 集まり 墓／厳粛／彫る／重大なs have been 設立する at the 場所／位置, which is 存在 監督するd by a French team of 専門家s and which was 暴露するd last year by construction 労働者s on an Egyptian-基金d 住宅 事業／計画（する）.
The 省 said in a 声明 it believed the sarcophagus, made from lead, belonged to a high-profile 人物／姿／数字 from the 時代, but 追加するd it had not yet been opened. It had been put in a 保護の 木造の コンテナ and would be 支配する to その上の 熟考する／考慮する by Palestinian and international 専門家 teams.
省 広報担当者 Tareq Al-Af said 開始 the sarcophagus would を待つ the arrival of an international metal 専門家. He said some clay jars and other 所持品 設立する in the 共同墓地 pointed to the Roman 時代, around 2,000 years ago.
Af said the 共同墓地 in northern Gaza was 位置を示すd at the 場所／位置 of the old seaport from the Greek and Roman 時代.
Gaza is rich with antiquities having been an important 貿易（する）ing 位置／汚点／見つけ出す for many civilisations, from as far 支援する as the 古代の Egyptians and the Philistines 描写するd in the Bible, through the Roman empire and the crusades.
廃虚s discovered there 含む the remains of a 包囲 by Alexander the 広大な／多数の／重要な 同様に as a Mongol 侵略.
Gaza is run by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, which has fought four wars with イスラエル since 2008.
The 衝突 has 手足を不自由にする／（物事を）損なうd the 地元の economy and 当局 usually engage internat ional groups to help excavate and 保存する archaeological findings. (令状ing by Nidal Almughrabi; Editing by Sandra Maler)
