Israel will decide whether to uproot the third-century artefact over the coming weeks.
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But the proposed move has sparked controversy, with one critic saying antiques ‘should stay where they are and not be uprooted to a different country’. The Israel Antiquities Authority believes the mosaic is from before the Roman Empire officially converted to Christianity and when believers were still persecuted.The mosaic was discovered in a salvage excavation in preparation for the expansion of a prison The Megiddo prison is used to detain Palestinian inmatesOver the coming weeks, the IAA will consult with academics and archaeologists to decide whether the mosaic should be moved to the Museum of the Bible.
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