Languages: English, Spanish A rare ancient coin dated to the time of the First Jewish Revolt against the Roman Empire has been discovered in the Judean Desert. Researchers found the silver "half ...

An ancient treasure trove of silver coins dating back 2,200 years found in a desert cave in Israel could add crucial new evidence to support a story of Jewish rebellion, archaeologists said Tuesday.

A hoard of ancient silver and bronze coins found by archaeologists in the Israeli city of Lod provides the first evidence of a Jewish uprising against Roman rule almost 1,700 years ago. The 94 coins ...

Orenstein continued, "A coin such as this one, engraved in ancient Hebrew with the words 'Holy Jerusalem,' had the singular purpose of being brought to the Temple, which stood atop the Temple ...

The coin was engraved with the words “Holy Jerusalem,” using ancient Hebrew script rather than the vernacular Greek of the time, in a defiant nod to their Jewish identity and the decision to ...

The ancient Jewish coin, which was minted during the reign of Hashmonean King Alexander Jannaeus, was handed over to the ...

The project is headed by researchers at the University of Haifa and the Zinman Institute of Archaeology, the university said in a news release translated from Hebrew. The ancient coins were ...

He was the last Jewish king, his death marking the end of Jewish sovereignty until 1948. Ancient coins, including one from the reign of the last Jewish king, Antigonus II Mattathias, are seen ...

Also in July, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced that a rare ancient coin dated to the time of the First Jewish Revolt against the Roman Empire had been discovered in the Judean Desert.

A new study has uncovered hidden social patterns in ancient Hebrew kingdoms by analyzing personal names from archaeological ...

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