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- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev archaeologists discovered a 1,400-year-old church with colorful mosaic floors at Nitzana National Park.
- The site reveals six churches, including an excavated one dated to 601 CE.
- The church features geometric and floral mosaics, making it the most beautiful of six.
- The settlement thrived until the Islamic conquest in 638 CE, after which it declined.
- Future excavations aim to clarify the church's role in the community.
