The Syrian-French archaeological expedition working at the local stadium site in Manbij (Aleppo countryside, Northern Syria) unearthed a big mosaic panel dating back to the Byzantine era and several walls built of limestone dating back to different historic eras.
The site is thought to be a temple since it lies at the lowest part of the city, Director of archaeological excavations at Aleppo Department of Archaeology and Museum Yousef Kanjo said Thursday.
Kanjo added that the expedition works come in the framework of Aleppo Directorate of Museums plan to shed light, study and identify the history and antiquities of the city.
Initial evidences indicated the existence of important habitat periods in Manbij during the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic Eras.
The emergency excavations carried out by Aleppo Museums Directorate, over the past years, discovered baths and cemeteries dating to the Byzantine Era in the eastern part of the city.
Excavations of the last year in the north-eastern part of the city unearthed a mosaic painting decorated with floral and fauna ornaments as well as water tunnels.
Source: Global Arab Network