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Gaza’s ancient past revealed as artefacts survive destruction and exile

The exhibition 'Treasures Rescued from Gaza: 5,000 Years of History' is on display until 2 November at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris. AFP - JULIEN DE ROSA

Ancient artefacts from Gaza – amphorae, statues, mosaics, funerary steles and more – tell the story of 5,000 years of a civilisation, in a Paris exhibition that seeks to preserve a heritage on the brink of erasure.

Assembled in just four and a half months, the exhibition, entitled "Treasures Rescued from Gaza – 5,000 Years of History", at the Institut du Monde Arabe honours Gaza’s rich past and looks to protect what's left of a cultural legacy that has endured empires, invasions and now war.

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