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A fact from Ard-al-Moharbeen necropolis appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 February 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Roman-era Ard-al-Moharbeen necropolis is the largest cemetery discovered in Gaza?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 20:19, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the Roman-era Ard-al-Moharbeen necropolis is the largest cemetery discovered in Gaza?

Source: "Palestinian workers in the Gaza Strip have found dozens of ancient graves ... in a Roman-era cemetery — a site dating back some 2,000 years that archaeologists describe as the largest cemetery discovered in Gaza." Adwan, Issam (23 September 2023). "Archaeologists unearth the largest cemetery ever discovered in Gaza and find rare lead sarcophogi". AP News. Retrieved 7 January 2025.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Scholastique Dianzinga
Comment: I'm open to suggestions of alternative hooks. I wasn't sure whether to mention that it's Roman, or how many graves have been found.

Created by Richard Nevell (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 8 past nominations.

Richard Nevell (talk) 16:14, 12 January 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Thanks for creating this article Richard Nevell. I will be reviewing it shortly. But yes, I would add that it was a 'Roman-era' cemetery in the hook. --Al Ameer (talk) 20:14, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've squeezed that into the hook, just before the name of the article. Richard Nevell (talk) 20:55, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Richard Nevell. The bases have all been covered (length, date, sourcing and QPQ). It is well written, but one thing you should add in the article is the specific location of the cemetery. Al Ameer (talk) 20:00, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Al Ameer son: Thank you for the prompt. I had stopped looking after I couldn't find the location mentioned in the news reports and thought that we might need to wait until an academic publication comes out at some point, but I remembered that I've recently been exploring the data in the Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa's database. Anyway, the point is that we now have a location and a map. Richard Nevell (talk) 19:08, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that Richard Nevell. I also added in the prose the particular town it was located in (Jabaliya). Happy to pass this one. Regards Al Ameer (talk) 20:25, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]