The remarkably preserved ruins of a 1,500-year-old Byzantine church or monastery floor were discovered during an excavation in the coastal city of Ashdod. Archaeologists believe that the finding has revealed the location of the ancient Roman-Byzantine city of Ashdod-Yam. The main find at the site was a sophisticated color mosaic floor which includes a Greek inscription dedicating the building to a prominent bishop in the sixth century. “[By the grace of God (or Jesus)], this work was done from the foundation under Procopius, our most saintly and most holy bishop, in the month Dios of the 3rd indiction, year 292.” It is the first time use of the Georgian calendar has appeared in an excavation in Israel, said Hebrew University’s Dr. Leah Di Segni, who deciphered the inscription. The Georgian year 292 corresponds to 539 CE on the Gregorian calendar.