Haifa University team finds cache of 160 extremely rare coins - dated to 80/79 BCE, during the reign of Judah Maccabee's grand-nephew - near Alexandrion Fortress, north of Jericho ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a collection of 160 coins from Israel featuring Jewish royalty. The hoard was located in Jordan Valley and dated back to 2,100 years, stated Live Science. The coins ...

New research examines artifacts found in 2018 in two vessels next to the synagogue at Huqoq, in an excavation led by Prof.

The coins depict Alexander Jannaeus, who was king of Judaea from 103 B.C. to 76 B.C. Jannaeus, a Jewish leader of the Hasmonean dynasty, predated the destruction of the Second Temple, which was a ...

A coin hoard dating back about 2,100 years, during the time of the Jewish Hasmonean kings, has been discovered at a site in the Jordan Valley. A 2,100-year-old hoard of 160 coins has been ...

Elana Hagler talks about her design process, and which Jewish American she would put on a coin. (JTA) — Some Jews might resent filling the role of representative Jew in communities across the ...

A descendant of Jewish royalty, he was the son of John Hyrcanus ... The unearthed hoard of coins / Dr. Shay Bar Dr. Bar explained, “We believe the coins were discovered at a way station ...

Researchers unearthed 160 coins belonging to the second king of ... especially during this difficult time for the Jewish people. I hope that people will be drawn to visit this place and it will ...

broke out in 167 BCE and is celebrated during Hanukkah every year by the Jewish people, commemorating the purification of the Temple. "It is really a rare moment to discover so many coins," Dr ...