JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli archaeologists have announced the discovery of a trove of early Islamic gold coins during recent salvage excavations near the central city of Yavne. The collection of 425 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists have made an astonishing discovery this Hanukkah season: the largest collection of an extremely rare coin ever ...

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 ...

JERUSALEM — Archaeologists say they have uncovered the heaviest and most valuable gold coin ever found in Israel. The 2,200-year-old coin weighs an ounce (28 grams) and was found at the Tel Kedesh ...

Israeli archeologists excavating caves near the Dead Sea have found nine rare silver coins believed to date to a failed Jewish rebellion against the Romans in the 2nd century. Archeological finds ...