There were no Arab Muslims in the land when Alexander Macedonian visited Jerusalem,
neither at the time when those Greek coins were issued. This was some 10 centuries before the Arab Muslim colonization.
The
ancient synagogue of Gaza was built in 508 AD during the
Byzantineperiod and was discovered in 1965
In 1965,
Egyptian archaeologists discovered the site and announced they had uncovered a church.
[2] Later a mosaic of
King David wearing a crown and playing a lyre, labelled in
Hebrew, was found. The mosaic was dated to 508-09 CE and measured 3 meters (9.8 ft) high by 1.9 meters (6.2 ft) wide.
[3][4] It was originally described as depicting a female saint playing the harp.
[5] The Egyptian archaeologists stated that the mosaic was in fact an
Orpheus mosaic, a
Greek god who was commonly associated with Christ or David and used in
Byzantine art.
[6] Shortly after the mosaic's discovery, the main figure's face was gouged out. When Israel captured the
Gaza Strip in the 1967
Six-Day War, the mosaic was transferred to the
Israel Museum for restoration.
[6][7]
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