Nov 19, 2020 by News Staff

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority have found a small jar containing four 1,000-year-old gold coins in Jerusalem, Israel. The 1,000-year-old...

Aug 25, 2020 by News Staff

A team of archaeologists and volunteers has unearthed a hoard of 1,100-year-old Islamic gold coins near the city of Yavne in the Central District of Israel. A...

May 15, 2020 by News Staff

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have uncovered a rare bronze coin from the period of the Bar Kokhba Revolt. The obverse of this...

Feb 4, 2020 by News Staff

A cache of gold dinars dating to the 9th century CE has been unearthed by a team of archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA). 1,100-year-old...

Oct 22, 2019 by News Staff

For over a century, excavations in Jerusalem have been uncovering segments of the city’s Roman-period network of streets, particularly the so-called...

Jul 3, 2019 by News Staff

A rare gold solidus dating back 1,600 years has been found by a group of Israeli students in the Galilee region. The 1,600-year-old gold solidus, obverse....

May 18, 2018 by News Staff

Annual lead emissions in Europe closely varied with historical events, including imperial expansion, wars, and major plagues, according to new research...

Apr 10, 2018 by News Staff

A cache of rare coins from the period of the Jews’ Great Revolt against the Romans has been discovered at the Ophel archaeological site near the Temple...

Nov 15, 2017 by Enrico de Lazaro

A hoard of 21 Islamic gold dinars, 2,200 silver coins, and gold artifacts dating to the 12th century CE has been unearthed by archaeologists digging at...

Jun 19, 2017 by News Staff

An international team of researchers led by University of Exeter archaeologists has discovered the ruins of an ancient city — once thought to be...

Jul 8, 2016 by News Staff

A hoard of 16 rare silver coins dating to 135-126 BC (Hasmonean period) has been found by a team of Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists in Modi’in,...

May 18, 2016 by News Staff

Underwater archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) and amateur divers have discovered the cargo of a Roman trading ship that sank 1,600...

Mar 15, 2016 by News Staff

Laurie Rimon, from Kibbutz Kefar Blum in northern Israel, has found an extremely rare gold coin with the face of a Roman emperor. Obverse and reverse of...

Mar 3, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of professional, student and volunteer archaeologists led by the University of Sheffield has unearthed evidence of a nearly 1,350-year-old Anglo-Saxon...

Jul 10, 2015 by News Staff

Archaeologists from the Jezreel Valley Regional Project say they have unearthed the remains of a 1,900-year-old camp of Legio VI Ferrata (Sixth Ironclad...

Apr 3, 2015 by News Staff

A team of amateur speleologists has found a small cache of rare coins, silver and bronze artifacts in a remote stalactite cave in northern Israel. The...

Feb 23, 2015 by News Staff

Almost 2,000 gold coins, discovered by amateur divers near the port city of Caesarea in Israel, form the largest single hoard of medieval gold coins ever...

Aug 8, 2014 by News Staff

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority have unearthed a cache of 114 bronze coins, dating to the Year Four of the Great Revolt, at an archaeological...

Aug 7, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority and the Tel Aviv University have unearthed about four hundred Byzantine coins, two hundred Samaritan...

Mar 14, 2013 by News Staff

An expedition of archaeologists has unearthed a 600-year-old Chinese coin on the island of Manda, off the northern coast of Kenya. Chinese coin found on...