Saturday, August 17, 2013

Hoard of 1,500-Year-Old Coins Found in Ancient Garbage Dump

The archeologists campaigning against collectors will not admit to one simple truth. Not all coin finds are made on archeological sites: Hoard of 1,500-Year-Old Coins Found in Ancient Garbage Dump
Archeologists and researchers are trying to figure out why a recently found treasure of 1,500-year-old coins and other artifacts was buried in Byzantine era refuse pits. The excavations, on behalf of the Tel Aviv University and the Israel Antiquities Authority, are being carried out prior to expanding the city of Herzliya, immediately north of Tel Aviv. Numerous finds dating to the Late Byzantine period of the 5th-7th centuries were among the antiquities discovered in excavations conducted in the agricultural hinterland of the ancient city of Apollonia-Arsuf, located east of the site. Read more.

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