No, this story was also never confirmed, there are no cliffs on the shores of Gaza, the southern coastline of Israel and the Gaza strip is flat sand dunes there isn't enough elevation to see deep into the water.
It's also unlikely that a bronze statue would survive submerged for 2000+ years (the Kingdom of Israel was conquered by the Greeks circa 400 BCE, but the Philistines were there earlier and as the Philistines were Hellenic people this would match it as well), or at least be in such good shape.
Some other reports suggested that it was either a hoax, or more likely that the statue was smuggled from Syria rather than discovered off the coast of Gaza.
If it was indeed discovered in Gaza then it's likely been smuggled out and sold on the black market.
"Experts, including Alotol, have questioned Jawdat's story, arguing that the colour and apparent excellent condition of the statue contradict the story that it was found in the sea. They speculate it was discovered inland, under the ground, and that the real story has been stifled either to avoid arguments of ownership or to avoid revealing that it was found while digging tunnels to nearby Egypt."
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I just respond because in 1 sentence people could thinks bad thing against me.
My post is very sarcastic but the message is not racist at all. We are ok that we all big person and that racial consideration are dead, and should be totally vanish from our educated point of view.
Now I know that it's not politicly correct but here are the idea that I defended in my previous sentence:
All nationalism are dangerous, and if in Europe nationalism and racism died in the WW2, the current nationalism and arab pride is a total mess for the vulnerable people of these countries.
Count how many jew lived in arabs country. Millions? How many now? Question why? You have the response.
When the educated and elite of these arab countries will lower the nationalism expectations of the people, their current bad governments will have less power, there will be more peace.
Palestinian and all other, that is the same problem.
I born in Europe and I clearly don't care from which country I'm from. I'm a post-natiaolism person. There should be the same, not literally raising their flag everything and every where, for anyreason.
