The seaport of Gaza is a small port near the Rimal district of Gaza City. It is the home port of Palestinian fishing-boats.
The port is located on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
It is mentioned in several ancient historical texts. It has a depth of 970 meters and a surface area of 48,000 square meters. After the occupation of Gaza in 1967, Israel has prevented fishermen from crossing the coast more than six miles.
The Gaza port had been a central stop in the caravan routes of the ancient world.
In 2011, a series of columns and ancient marble arches were discovered in the port of Gaza dating back to 335 AD.
The columns are between three and four meters long, and are believed to date back to the Roman period during the time of Emperor Constantine, who recognized the Christian religion and called this region Constantinople or Myomas.
It was known that the port of Myomas was one of the most important ports during the Roman period.
The length of the columns extends to 700 meters from north to south along the length of the coast and its width from the east to the coast up to 500 meters and extends below sea level no less than 400 meters.
*** These images used in the photogallery news have been taken by the Palestinian photographer Ibraheem M. Lafi
