Posted on 07/31/2024 2:04:00 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
According to a Live Science report, a 13-year-old hiker discovered a greenish ring estimated to be about 1,800 years old at Khirbet Shalala, an archaeological site in northern Israel. "It was corroded, and at first, I thought it was just a rusty bolt," said teen Yair Whiteson. The boy's family then got in touch with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA). Eitan Klein of the IAA said that the ring is thought to be made of bronze and is engraved with an image of Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom, war, and military strategy. She is shown wearing a helmet and holding a sword and spear. The ring was likely worn during the second or third century A.D. by a woman or girl who may have lived in the area, Klein explained. It could also have been lost by someone who worked in the local quarry, or been a burial offering in a nearby grave, he added.
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[Roman Ring Recovered in Northern Israel]
“Recovered,” makes it sound like it was stolen or something.
The best I did this summer was to find a 1907 Barber Quarter.
Nice!
Thanks. But 117 years old vs. 1,800 years old is a huge difference.
:^) Sure, age is one thing, but that’s a silver coin you have, and this ring is just some crappy bronze. :^)
My summer school science enrichment class went to an Indian burial mound in northern Ohio. We dug around and I found a bit of Indian cranium and some arrowheads. My mother promptly threw those away, being very superstitious.
At the mention of his name, Frito gurgled loudly and fell off his sheep, and the Ring dropped out of his clothes and rolled to Orlon's feet. One of the sheep trotted up, licked it, and turned into a fire hydrant.― The Harvard Lampoon, Bored of the Rings: A Parody of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings
“It’s a long way to the Zazu Pits...”
“Escaping through the Ngaio Marsh, they pushed their way into the suburbs of Fordor, where the property values dropped like a paralyzed falcon.”
my bwah.
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