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Monastery of Tell Umm Amer
August 2 , 2024
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- The World Heritage Committee (WHC) has decided to include the Palestinian site of Tell Umm Amer in both the UNESCO World Heritage Site List.
- It is also known as the ‘Monastery of Saint Hilarion’ lies in the Gaza Strip.
- The ancient Christian monastery was founded in the fourth century by Hilarion the Great (291-371 CE).
- He is considered by some to be the father of Palestinian monasticism.
- The present-day archaeological remains of the site span more than the four centuries, from the time of Hilarion to the Umayyad period.
- UNICEF refers to it as “the first monastic community in the Holy Land”, and “a hub of religious, cultural, and economic interchange”.
- The monastery was likely abandoned after a seventh century earthquake, only to be uncovered by local archaeologists in 1999.
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