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Byzantine mosaic from Khirbat Be’er Shema, Israel, featuring 55 ornate medallions, has been unveiled for the first time.

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The site was briefly abandoned in the early third century but was resettled by the fourth. By the Byzantine era, it may have supported up to 5,000 residents.