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Two Teens Volunteering on an Archaeological Dig in
Israel Uncovered Solid-Gold Treasure Buried More
Than 1,000 years ago
The coins date to the Abbasid Caliphate, which ruled
1,100 years ago during the Golden Age of Islam.
A pair of 18-years-olds recently made an unexpected
discovery when they unearthed a cache of 424 rare
golden coins while volunteering at an archaeological dig
conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority. Such a
large amount of gold is, it goes without saying, extremely
valuable; it had been buried inside a clay jar for
safekeeping more than 1,00 years ago.
"I dug in the ground and when I swept away the soil, I
saw what looked like very thin leaves" one of the
teenagers, Oz Cohen, said in a statement. "When I
looked again I saw that they were gold coins. It was really
exciting to find such a special and ancient treasure."
In addition to full dinar gold coins, the hoard also contains
270 smaller fragments, reports Haaretz. In 9th century
Israel, cutting gold and silver coins to make small change
in lieu of cheaper bronze and copper currency that had
become scarce was common practice, according to
Robert Kool, a coin expert with the Israel Antiquities
Authority.
The 24-carat pure gold coins date to the Abbasid period,
around 1,100 years ago. The Abbasid Caliphate was a Muslim dynasty during what is known as the Golden Age
of Islam, ruling over Persia and North Africa from its
capital in Bagdhad.
But the coins also include a fragment of a gold solidus
minted in Constantinople featuring Theophilos, the
Byzantine emperor from 829 to 842 − possible evidence
of trade and cultural exchange between two ancient
empires. It is the only coin of its kind find in Israel to date.
"Finding gold coins, certainly in such a considerable
quantity, its extremely rare, said Liat Nadav-Ziv and Elie
Haddad, who oversaw the dig, in a statement. "The
person who buried this treasure 1,100 years ago must
have expected to retrieve it, and even secured the vessel
with a nail so it would not move."
The Israel Antiquities Authority is keeping the exact
location of the discovery − at a dig conducted ahead of
planned construction in Yavneh, south of Tel Aviv in
central Israel − under wraps to avoid looting from
would-be treasure hunters. The cache weighs 845 grams,
or close to two pounds. By weight alone, that much gold
would be worth $52,618 today.
Sarah Cascone, August 25, 2020. Access on November
27, 2023.
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Using the text about the finding of gold coins in an
archaeological excavation, mark the sentences below
with TRUE or FALSE, based on the text:
(__)The discovery of the gold coins was made by the lead researcher of the Israel Antiquities Authority.
(__)The Israel Antiquities Authority kept the exact location of the discovery under wraps.
(__)The gold coins are originally from the time of the Abbasid Caliphate and are about 1,100 years old.
(__)The one that buried the gold coins never intended to come back and retrieve them.
(__)The discovery of the gold coins was made by the lead researcher of the Israel Antiquities Authority.
(__)The Israel Antiquities Authority kept the exact location of the discovery under wraps.
(__)The gold coins are originally from the time of the Abbasid Caliphate and are about 1,100 years old.
(__)The one that buried the gold coins never intended to come back and retrieve them.
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