Jerusalem of Gold: juglet containing four 1,000-year-old gold coins discovered
- November 09, 2020
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- Pierre
The excavations are part of an elevator-installation project initiated by the Company for the Reconstruction and Development of the Jewish Quarter in the Old City to make the Western Wall Plaza accessible for visitors to the Jewish Quarter Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologist. David Gellman declared: “We evidently discovered an ancient savings box”.
A juglet (a small pottery jar) containing four pure gold coins dating from more than a thousand years ago (the Early Islamic period), was unearthed during archaeological excavations conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), as part of...
King Aethelred II period ’s hoard that is worth up to 50 000 pounds!
- September 27, 2019
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- Pierre
Thirty years ago, a fortune-teller asked Don Crawley, a local builder, to pick three cards from a full deck of playing cards, Don picked...