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  • Rare Trove of Ancient Coins Found in Israel: "Archaeological Hanukkah Miracle"

    01/02/2025 7:40:23 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 14 replies
    CBS News ^ | December 31, 2024 | Emily Mae Czachor
    A rare collection of ancient coins was discovered last week by Israeli researchers, who called the find an "archaeological Hanukkah miracle." The coins are more than 2,000 years old and believed to belong to King Alexander Jannaeus, the second ruler of the Hasmonean dynasty that presided over Judea in the final centuries leading up to the common era, according to the University of Haifa in Israel. Archaeologists found the hoard of about 160 of the coins during ongoing excavations in the Jordan Valley, which runs between the Israeli-occupied West Bank and the eastern border of Jordan. The project is headed...