(Photo: Dafna Gazit/Israel Antiquities Authority)
By i24News - October 4, 2022
A trove of 44 gold coins were discovered stashed in a wall in northern Israel, a relic from the 7th Century Muslim conquest of the region.
Dug up three weeks ago in an archeological site in the Hermon River Nature Preserve, the coins weigh a total of 0.37 grams and were found within the base of an ashlar stone wall.
Israeli archeologists suggested that the treasure was likely hidden to protect it from warriors from the Umayyad Caliphate, 1,400 years ago. The owner of the hidden wealth likely did not survive the encounter, leading to the money remaining hidden until today.
At the time of the conquest, the region was part of the Byzantine Empire, the Greek speaking eastern half of the Roman Empire that prospered long after Rome had fallen.
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