Pottery
sherds, or fragments, discovered by an Israel Antiquities Authority
inspector several months ago, during extensive work by the Netivei
Israel – National Transport Infrastructure Company, Ltd.
on the new
Highway 1 project resulted in an archaeological excavation. A previously
unknown settlement from the Late Second Temple period was discovered,
as well as a rare hoard of coins that was found in one of its houses
along the new highway connecting Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
The hoard, which was kept in a ceramic money box, included 114 bronze coins dating to the Year Four of the Great Revolt against the Romans. This revolt led to the destruction of the Temple on Tisha B’Av (the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av), 2,000 years ago.
“One of the significant points of the find is that all the coins were all dated to the same year and each have the same worth,” Pablo Betzer, one of the excavation directors of the Israel antiquities Authority told Tazpit News Agency. “The location of the find is also significant as it was found outside Jerusalem.”
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