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Divers find 'priceless' hoard of gold coins off Israel's Mediterranean coast
Posted April 11th, 2018 by librarian-hdSource:
theguardian.com & nationalgeographic.comScuba divers have discovered the largest trove of gold coins ever found off Israel’s Mediterranean coast – about 2,000 pieces dating back more than 1,000 years, the country’s antiquities authority said on Tuesday.
“The largest treasure of gold coins discovered in Israel was found in recent weeks on the seabed in the ancient harbour in Caesarea,” the authority said in a statement.
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