in 2020 and Hale-Bopp and Hyakutake in the 1990s.

General Services Administration, Washington, District of Columbia (17,593 square feet)Railroad Retirement Board, Wichita, Kan. (1,290 square feet)

Forest Service, Ackerman, Miss. (4,809 square feet)Defense Contract Management Agency-National, Akron, Ohio (3,201 square feet)Mine Safety Health Administration, Albany, Ore. (3,618 square feet)

Forest Service, Albuquerque, N.M. (22,216 square feet)Federal Highway Administration, Ames, Iowa (10,056 square feet)

Corps of Engineers, Civil, Apple Valley, Calif. (3,755 square feet)

Natural Resources Conservation Service, Arecibo, Puerto Rico (4,360 square feet)“The discovery of lead sarcophagi here is a first for Gaza,” he said.

Given the rarity of the lead tombs, Palestinian archaeologists like Fadel Al-Otul suspect that social elites are buried there. Al-Otul said the cemetery probably used to be located in a city — Romans used to place cemeteries near city centers.Alongside the sarcophagi, Elter’s team is restoring unearthed skeletons and piecing together shards of clay jars.

The skeletons discovered at the site will be sent out of Gaza for additional analysis, according to Al-Otul. The remains are set to return to the Hamas-led Ministry of Antiquities and Tourism.Elter said the territory needs a dedicated team to oversee archaeological activity in Gaza.