(Photo by: Yoli Schwartz/Israel Antiquities Authority)
By TOI Staff - August 24, 2020
A rare hoard of 425 gold coins from the Abbasid Caliphate, dating around 1,100 years ago, was uncovered by teenage volunteers at an archaeological excavation in the center of the country, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced on Monday.
Perhaps for obvious reasons, the IAA did not specify the exact location of the site where the gold was discovered. The trove was discovered by a group of young people carrying out volunteer work ahead of their mandatory army service.
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