{"id":111265,"date":"2024-03-04T18:00:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T16:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=111265"},"modified":"2024-03-04T11:39:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T09:39:53","slug":"08-00-91","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=111265","title":{"rendered":"Rare coin from the Bar Kochba Revolt discovered in Judean Desert"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Rare coin from the Bar Kochba Revolt discovered in Judean Desert<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Since 2017, a team of archaeologists from the IAA\u2019s Prevention of Archaeological Theft unit has been systematically surveying the Judean Desert to reach valuable finds before the antiquity looters.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n

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\nThe rare coin. A date palm is engraved, with the inscription \u201cEleazar the Priest\u201d inscribed in ancient Hebrew script. \/ (photo credit: Emil Aladjem, Israel Antiquities Authority)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The inscription \u201cYear One of the Redemption of Israel\u201d appears on a rare coin from the time of the\u00a0Bar Kochba Revolt<\/a>, bearing the name of \u201cEleazar the Priest\u201d and dated to the first year of the revolt (132 CE), has been found in the course of the Judean Desert Cave Survey carried out by the\u00a0Israel Antiquities Authority<\/a>\u00a0(IAA).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The dig at the Mazuq Ha-he’teqim Nature Reserve, whose aim is to retrieve the ancient treasures before they are stolen by antiquity looters, is being carried out in cooperation with the Ministry of Heritage and the Archaeological Office for the Military Administration of\u00a0Judea and Samaria<\/a>. Three additional Revolt coins bearing the name \u201cSimeon\u201d were also found with the rare coin.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Members of the public are invited to the excavation\u00a0<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Interested public members are invited to participate in the excavation season in the desert, which will begin on March 11 and last for ten days. The volunteers will stay in a camp set up in the desert by the IAA and will be able to hear and participate in other activities. Registration and details are on the Hebrew-language site of the IAA at\u00a0https:\/\/www.iaa.org.il\/<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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