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British Tourist Unearths Treasure

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wakingdream	Dec 26 2008, 10:08 PM Post #1
Rolling Stone Group: Local Expert Posts: 5853 Joined: 18-August 06 From: Guelph, Ontario Member No.: 13336	An amateur British archaeologist has discovered almost 300 gold coins dating from the 7th Century at a dig just outside Jerusalem's Old City. British tourist unearths treasure Can you imagine making a great discovery while away on a journey?? This British woman sure did! Birmingham woman Nadine Ross, 34, found the solid 24-carat coins under a large rock in a car park. The coins date back to the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius, before the Persians conquered Jerusalem in 614. Ms Ross is being feted for finding one of the largest and most impressive coin hoards ever discovered in Jerusalem. She had been volunteering at the site for the past month and found the coins in the last week of her stay in Israel. Check out the accompanying video. -------------------- ~Susie 'Yesterday's the past and tomorrow's the future. Today is a gift - which is why they call it the present.'

kitkatgo	Dec 27 2008, 06:58 PM Post #2
Navigator Group: Local Expert Posts: 1367 Joined: 21-August 06 From: Southern California Member No.: 13816	Oh, wow! How lucky! -------------------- ~Kit California Local Expert Visit my travel blogs: http://www.travelpod.com/members/kitkatgo

wakingdream	Dec 28 2008, 11:33 AM Post #3
Rolling Stone Group: Local Expert Posts: 5853 Joined: 18-August 06 From: Guelph, Ontario Member No.: 13336	No doubt. Can you imagine? -------------------- ~Susie 'Yesterday's the past and tomorrow's the future. Today is a gift - which is why they call it the present.'

kitkatgo	Dec 29 2008, 01:21 PM Post #4
Navigator Group: Local Expert Posts: 1367 Joined: 21-August 06 From: Southern California Member No.: 13816	That would just be unreal! I took an archealogy class early in college. Totally aced it--thought it was fascinating. 'Course my crush on Indiana Jones helped. That would just be the coolest thing ever to find something like that. Scientists search their whole lives and never find anything as cool! -------------------- ~Kit California Local Expert Visit my travel blogs: http://www.travelpod.com/members/kitkatgo

wakingdream	Dec 29 2008, 08:30 PM Post #5
Rolling Stone Group: Local Expert Posts: 5853 Joined: 18-August 06 From: Guelph, Ontario Member No.: 13336	QUOTE(kitkatgo @ Dec 29 2008, 01:21 PM) That would just be unreal! I took an archealogy class early in college. Totally aced it--thought it was fascinating. 'Course my crush on Indiana Jones helped. That would just be the coolest thing ever to find something like that. Scientists search their whole lives and never find anything as cool! That's what I was thinking! There's probably a whack of professionals out there going "Daaa-amn!" -------------------- ~Susie 'Yesterday's the past and tomorrow's the future. Today is a gift - which is why they call it the present.'

starlagurl	Jan 6 2009, 02:08 PM Post #6
Rolling Stone Group: Local Expert Posts: 14509 Joined: 5-November 07 From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 103914	Wow, I bet you a lot of times people randomly find things like that but they just give it away because they don't know the value. This of course, is pretty easy to see... 300 really old coins...not something I would likely give away without talking to someone who really knows. -------------------- My most recent blog: A trip to Toronto that turned into a trip to Niagara

jimoore71	Nov 24 2009, 11:09 AM Post #7
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 24-November 09 Member No.: 532501	the place is full of treasures I priced an Egyptian glass vase in Jerusalem last time I was there- only 4000 $us lol jim http://www.biblicalzionist.com/index.htm Attached thumbnail(s)

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