A rare ancient coin dated to the time of the First Jewish Revolt against the Roman Empire has been discovered in the Judean Desert. Researchers found the silver "half-shekel" coin, which is around ...

A rare coin from an ancient Jewish revolt against the Roman Empire has been discovered in Jerusalem. The Bar Kokhba revolt, which lasted about five years, took place around 132 C.E. (Common Era) or ...

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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 ...

American authorities have returned a rare, 2,000-year-old Jewish coin to Israel nearly two decades after it was looted, smuggled and put up for auction in the United States, Israel's antiquities ...

Archaeologists in Israel recently made a "dramatic" discovery that provides invaluable historical knowledge about Jewish life in the ancient Roman era of Israel, officials said. The Israel Antiquities ...