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[Untitled] Ancient Gold Coins Found On Israeli Archeological Dig Touted As ...: Since the coins were found on Sunday, the first day of Hanukkah, they have been whimsically dubbed "Hanukkah money" because of the tradition of giving gelt, or coins to children during that holiday, especially milk chocolate candy shaped like coins and wrapped in gold foil.

[Untitled] Bread and Circuses: Heraclian hoard found in Jerusalem: One thousand three hundred year old Chanukah money in Jerusalem: a hoard of more than 250 gold coins was exposed yesterday (Sunday) in the excavations the Israel Antiquities Authority is conducting in the Giv ”˜ati car park in the City of David, in the Walls Around Jerusalem National Park. The excavations at the site are being carried out on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, in cooperation with the Nature and Parks Authority and are underwritten by the ”˜Ir David Foundation.

[Untitled] Pat Dollard | Young Americans | Blog Archive » No Chocolate Inside ...: The coins bore the image of the Byzantine emperor Heraclius, who was depicted wearing military dress and holding a cross in his right hand. He ruled between 610 and 641 CE.

[Untitled] Israelis unearth Byzantine gold hoard - Salon.com: Dec 22nd, 2008 | JERUSALEM -- Israeli archaeologists said they have unearthed more than 250 gold coins from the seventh century on the edge of Jerusalem's walled Old City. A British tourist volunteering at the dig discovered the trove ...

[FOXNews.com Video - WEATHER FLASH] FOXNews.com - Tourist Uncovers Hidden Treasure in Holy Land ...: Israel's Antiquities Authority said the Byzantine-period hoard was found in the ruins of a building where a striking 2000-year-old gold earring from the Roman era was dug up last month. The site is located in a parking lot alongside the .

[Untitled] 250 gold coins from 7th century unearthed in Jerusalem: According to Israel's Antiquities Authority, the Byzantine-period hoard was found in the ruins of a building where a striking 2,000-year-old gold earring from the Roman era was dug up last month.

[Untitled] Archaeology in Europe: 10/01/2008 - 11/01/2008: Ruins of the Roman building complex were discovered following several months of excavation work at a plot destined to become a hypermarket. The Office of Cultural Heritage had ordered the excavation to be carried out, as a Roman wall was found under the neighboring plot at Bécsi út 260 in 2004.

[Untitled] Ancient Silver Coin Found in Jerusalem Drainage Channel: Israel ...: Archaeologist Eli Shukron estimates that, “Just like today when coins sometimes fall from our pockets and roll into drainage openings at the side of the street, that’s how it was some two thousand years ago – a man was on his way to the Temple and the shekel which he intended to use for paying the half shekel head-tax found its way into the drainage channel”.

[Untitled] MyFreeze - News and more - Tech - Israelis unearth Byzantine gold ...: Israel's Antiquities Authority said the Byzantine-period hoard was found in the ruins of a building where a striking 2,000-year-old gold earring from the Roman era was dug up last month.

[Untitled] Sermons & Meditations » Blog Archive » What Belongs to God ...: The tax could only be paid with a Roman coin””a coin bearing an inscription that would send a shudder through any devout Jew, for the coin proclaimed of the emperor, “Son of God .high priest,” blasphemous words to the Hebrew ear, .

[Untitled] The Housing Bubble Blog » Bits Bucket For December 9, 2008: “It wasn’t unusual for me to buy hoards of Ancient Roman coins one day, and Confederate States Bonds the next day.”

[Untitled] The Saturday City: Rome | Nomadic Matt's Travel Site: Then finish at this monument, built in the Roman style, to honor Vittorio Emanuele II, the first king of a united Italy. It’s big and gaudy but it’s still beautiful.

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