Despite this, archaeologists continue to visit the old city in order to learn more. Researchers from Israel’s University of Haifa led one such analysis in 2019, focusing on possibly one of Elusa’s most revealing aspects: its rubbish dumps. That way, they’d be able to go into layers upon layers of previously unexplored history.
Why not look at something more, hmm, appealing instead of the dumps? Invaders or natural catastrophes, for example, might destroy structures, making it difficult to study the origin of a city’s architecture. Landfills, on the other hand, simply pile up more and more junk, with new waste piled on top of old. As a result, archaeologists may learn a lot about Elusa and how its people lived by excavating through these sheets of rubbish.
