“In fact, the mosaic offers church historians a plethora of fresh information, much like the Dead Sea Scrolls did for Bible scholars.”
There is no evidence explaining why these ladies were addressed, according to the IAA, but it is quite rare as God wasn’t usually requested to remember specific people.
“The inscription does not tell us whether they were patrons of the community (like Akeptous), martyrs, or honored for some other reason, even though they were obviously important to the community,” the Bible Museum stated.
The IAA’s conservation department cleaned and stabilized the mosaic following the significant archaeological discovery, filled in any gaps with mortar, grouted and re-laid any loose tesserae, and reburied the mosaic while they conducted their investigation.
For the display called “The Megiddo Mosaic: Foundations of Faith,” IAA had to divide the floor and arrange the pieces in 11 containers that were delivered to the US earlier this year.
