Secret 'piggy bank' of 1,200-year-old gold coins discovered in Israel

Fox News ^ | 01/03/2019 | Chris Ciaccia

[SunkenCiv]

These are some of the newer topics from Archaeologica posted since end of November, some of them have been posted, some didn't have much to post and were ignored, some were duplicated. I have saved some in files (at work, hey, I was on break) but didn't get a chance to FReepmail them to myself.

• December 22nd to December 28th, 2019 Edition
  • A new kind of research is blossoming at Historic Jamestown Williamsburg Yorktown Daily
  • Archaeologists discover Phoenician family tomb in ancient city of Achziv Times of Israel
  • Archeologists discover ancient Mayan palace in eastern Mexico Reuters
  • Ancient Irish pagans travelled vast distances for large feasts at legendary site, ancient animal bones reveal News Week
  • Feasting and Mobility in Iron Age Ireland: Multi-isotope analysis reveals the vast catchment of Navan Fort, Ulster Nature
  • Great Orme's golden age of European trade Archaeology UK
  • Large scale feasts at ancient capital of Ulster drew crowds from across Iron Age Ireland PHYS.org
  • 'Lost crops' could have fed as many as maize PHYS.org
  • New evidence reveals what inspired ancient stone circles on Isle of Lewis Scotsman.com

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• December 15th to December 21st, 2019 Edition
  • Alamo's human remains find raise new questions about what the site should honor NY Times
  • All about Garum, from a Roman-era garum factory in Israel Haaretz
  • DNA from Stone Age woman obtained 6,000 years on BBC
  • Greece's Parthenon temple has had the wrong name for centuries, new research by archeologists claims Telegraph UK
  • New Research Identifies Possible Mass Graves From 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre NPR
  • Ozti's bowstring confirmed, made from sinew Telegraph UK
  • Racing to Preserve Rock Art in the Lower Pecos Canyonlands Texas Monthly
  • Searching For Graves From the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre: Geophysical Survey of Oaklawn Cemetery, The Canes, and Newblock Park City of Tulsa (research paper)
  • Tulsa Sites May Hold Mass Graves From 'Black Wall Street' Massacre NY Times

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• December 8th to December 14th, 2019 Edition
  • Ancient monkey painting suggests Bronze Age Greeks travelled widely New Scientist
  • Archaeologists accidentally break eggs that had been going off for 1,700 years MSN
  • Archaeologists uncover 12,500-year-old site in Avon, showing evidence of the earliest known population in Connecticut Courant
  • Church Unearthed in Ethiopia Rewrites the History of Christianity in Africa Smithsonian Magazine
  • Easter Island -- scientists found that the soil surrounding the statues is very fertile -- interesting implications Heritage Daily
  • Roman shipwreck dating back to the time of Jesus Christ containing cargo of 6,000 well-preserved WINE jugs is found on the Greek sea floor Daily Mail
  • Tooth necklace in Turkey EurekAlert
  • 2,200-YEAR-OLD STUNNING MOSAIC IN ANCIENT GREEK CITY OF ZEUGMA Archaeology World

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• December 1st to December 7th, 2019 Edition
  • Dendrochronology reveals details of early Roman Empire timber trade PLOS.org
  • Frozen Pleistocene Puppy could be dog, or wolf NY Times
  • Iron Age shield from Yorkshire documents high status horse and chariot burial Daily Mail
  • Late Roman shipwreck found off Cyprus Tornos News
  • New find in Iraq produces huge trove of cuneiform tablets Ancient Origins
  • New underwater museum in Dominican Republic preserves and displays Spanish shipwreck NewsWise
  • Race to document coastal sites revealing lost peoples of Puerto Rico PHYS.org

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[Oatka]

I often wonder what happened to the person who hid the gold from those years.

Or how hard he had to work to amass that small fortune and what he gave up in order to save those coins. How much of what would one of them have bought? Be interesting to know the buying power of gold in those days.

[Red Badger]

He’s DEAD, Jim................

[Deplorable American1776]

Those ones are fake... The coins has images of Bill and Monica, Hillary, King Obama and Queen Michael... :-)