JERUSALEM — Israel displayed for the first time Wednesday a collection of rare coins charred and burned from the Roman destruction of the Jewish Temple nearly 2,000 years ago. About 70 coins were ...

Decades after fighting Jewish rebels in the Holy Land, a Roman military unit traveled to what is now the country of Georgia, leaving coins minted in what is now Israel at one of their camps there, new ...

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 ...

(JNS) A 2,000-year-old silver half-shekel bearing the Hebrew inscription “Holy Jerusalem” has been discovered in the Judean desert, the Israel Antiquities Authority revealed. A 2,000-year-old coin ...

"Somewhat enlarged and revised version of the original Hebrew." Translation of: Matbeʹot ha-Yehudim bi-yeme Bayit sheni (romanized form) https://siris-libraries.si ...

Researchers at the University of Haifa’s Zinman Institute of Archaeology have uncovered a rare hoard of coins belonging to King Alexander Jannaeus, the second ruler of the Hasmonean dynasty, over ...

Roman soldiers took coins minted by Jewish rebels in the Holy Land with them to a military camp in Georgia. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...