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Posted on 09/12/2023 9:16:56 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Itamar Grossman, 13, was visiting the Sussita National Park, on the ruins of the ancient Hellenistic city of Hippos, when something on the ground caught his attention after he went to a vantage point with a cousin to take photos, according to a press release from the Israel Nature and Parks Authority.
That something turned out to be an ancient bronze ring.
“It was a strange and ancient-looking ring,” Itamar said, according to All Israel News. “My brothers and cousins who were with me didn’t think it was anything old, just a ring someone had dropped.”
Although his siblings and cousins didn’t think the ring was anything special, Itamar insisted on bringing it to his parents and park officials.
“When Itamar and his mother, Liat, approached us and showed us the ring they found, we immediately realized it was something significant,” said Sarit Pilachi Miara, an Israel Nature and Parks Authority official.
According to the press release, archaeologists identified the bronze ring as an ancient Roman artifact. It was determined that the ring was at least 1,700 years old but that it could in fact be much older and perhaps even date back as far as 100 BCE to 300 BCE.
The ring still showed visible decorative engravings, which archaeologists said would have been made when the ring was first cast...
In 2015 another bronze artifact was discovered at the site when archaeologists unearthed a huge bronze mask, dated between the 1st century BCE and the 2nd century CE, which depicted the Greek god Pan.
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Wow. I hope they gave the kid some sort of reward, like a nice certificate or something. That find is certainly something he can brag about to his children and grandchildren.
Rick from Pawn Stars will give him $100 for it.
Lol!
Good idea. I'm glad it was a legit artifact and not a tour guide trick.
I knew someone in college who claimed to have found a pair of ancient dice in a crack in the pavement somewhere in the Colosseum.
Giza tour guides used to go out early in the morning a salt the area with wheat kernels, a sort of Egyptian Easter Egg hunt for gullible sunburned tourists.
It must be invisible since there are no pictures of it.
Since the article does not say whether the kid gets to keep the ring or not I assume NOT. Probably not mentioned so other naive individuals will turn in any findings.
It looks like the same message is written outside and inside.
“If found, return to Claudia Maxima”.
:)
I guess the ring has three C’s for the date but they need to clean it up more to tell whether the date is BCE or CE.
Ancient artifacts in Israel belong to the government, and seriously enforced on amateurs.
Finally, someone found my class ring alas!
I hope the inscription wasn’t “made in china”
Well, that’s pretty cool.
“Be sure to drink your Ovaltine.”
Any thoughts on what the rules are for turning a find like that into the authorities? I imagine, in Israel, they’ve had experience with people trying to sneak out with historical relics.
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