Hundreds of Israel’s archaeological sites are vanishing under concrete

Hundreds of Israel’s archaeological sites are vanishing under concrete



Road building threatens the site of Tel Beit Shemesh in Israel, dating to at least the seventh century BC. (Dr Z. Lederman, Tel Beth-Shemesh Excavations)

Israel’s archaeology vanishes under concrete

Israel is in the middle of a building boom to house its rapidly growing population, but some researchers fear the country isn’t doing enough to conserve its wealth of archaeological sites. They say that financial incentives favour paving over sites, rather than saving them.

Nature | 13 min read