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Palestinians fear 'archaeology has become a tool' in Israel's plans for West Bank
Key takeaways
- Most of Sebastia's Palestinian residents depend on tourism or the area's olive trees for their livelihoods, but there are fears that is under threat.
- The West Bank town sits alongside an ancient mound whose stones have been shaped by the Israelite Kingdom, the Greeks, the Romans, the Byzantines, the Crusaders and the Ottomans.
- The Palestinian families who live here today can trace their own roots in this place back hundreds of years.
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Most of Sebastia's Palestinian residents depend on tourism or the area's olive trees for their livelihoods, but there are fears that is under threat. (ABC News: Hamish Harty)
Link copied Share Share article Walk through Sebastia today and the layers of history are visible everywhere.
The West Bank town sits alongside an ancient mound whose stones have been shaped by the Israelite Kingdom, the Greeks, the Romans, the Byzantines, the Crusaders and the Ottomans. Beneath them, tradition holds, lies the tomb of Saint John the Baptist.
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