Gold coins hidden in 7th Century found in wall
Archaeologists in Israel say 44 pure gold coins dating to the 7th Century have been found hidden in a wall at a nature reserve./ Weighing about 170g, the hoard found at the Hermon Stream (Banias) site was hidden during the Muslim conquest of the area in 635, experts estimated./ They said the coins shed light on the end of the Byzantine rule in the area./ The Byzantine Empire was the eastern half of the Roman Empire, which survived for more than 1,000 years./ "We can imagine the owner concealing his fortune in the threat of war, hoping to ...
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