Image credit: Michael Eisenberg
A closer look of some of the gold jewelry that have inlays of semi-precious stones and pearls.
By Laura Geggel
Archaeologists near the Sea of Galilee have discovered a rare, nearly 1,400-year-old hoard of gold coins and jewelry dating to the Byzantine era.
The hoard contained 97 pure gold coins and dozens of jewelry pieces, including earrings inlaid with pearls, semi-precious stones and glass. A team found the treasure while investigating the ancient city of Hippos (also known as Sussita), which is on the slopes of the Golan Heights.
“It is among the five largest gold hoards of that period found in the region,” Michael Eisenberg, an archaeologist at the University of Haifa and co-director of the excavation, told Live Science in an email. “The addition of jewelry pieces and small currency makes it more interesting and numismatically important. It’s the first of its kind in Hippos so far.”
Edie Lipsman, a metal detectorist, discovered the hoard in July while walking by a large stone and two ancient walls. “The device went crazy, I couldn’t believe it — gold coins started appearing one after another,” Lipsman said in a statement.
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